Police recover seven motorcycles and one car stolen in Santiago; five detained
Operations in Santiago and surrounding areas resulted in five arrests and the recovery of eight vehicles stolen in the past 72 hours.
Five arrested and eight vehicles recovered in operations in Santiago
The National Police detained five people and recovered seven motorcycles and one car during a series of preventive and investigative operations conducted in different sectors of Santiago and its surroundings in the past 72 hours, according to information from elcaribe.com.do.
The interventions respond to citizen complaints about vehicle theft and form part of the authorities' ongoing actions against this type of criminal activity.
On the Inoa highway, municipality of San José de las Matas, agents detained Samuel de Jesús Jorge Reyes, 25 years old, and Luis Raúl Canario, 19, for alleged involvement in the theft of two motorcycles. During this procedure a red Súper Gato CG-150 motorcycle without licence plate was seized. In the La Cuesta sector a black Nipponia NB 125 Special with licence plate K0621797 was additionally recovered. The authorities are continuing the search for a third alleged person involved in that case.
In another operation, José Bautista Reyes, 30 years old, was arrested while in possession of a Gato motorcycle allegedly stolen from the La Joya sector. For his part, Matías Peña Mateo, known as "Matías", was detained while driving a 2019 TVS Stryker motorcycle in compliance with an arrest warrant issued against him.
In the Rafey sector, agents located a 2015 Kia K5 car reported as stolen from the Las Mercedes sector.
Among the other vehicles recovered are a blue Honda motorcycle with licence plate K0121026, reported in Bonao; a grey Yamaha JOG with licence plate K0230908, reported as stolen in Mao, Valverde province; and a black X1000 CG-200 with licence plate N760474, linked to a theft complaint filed on 5 January 2026.
In relation to this last case, a citizen was brought before the authorities and stated that he had purchased that motorcycle from a person identified as a resident of Salcedo. Agents activated a search for that individual to establish the circumstances of the transaction.
The National Police indicated that the detainees and the recovered vehicles remain under the control of the competent authorities for the corresponding legal proceedings, whilst investigations continue to determine possible responsibilities and locate the other people involved.
Source: Google News CL — Santiago