Operation in Guayaquil: three detained and weapons seized by FTC-Guayas
The Joint Task Force Guayas apprehended two adults and a minor in Guayaquil after detecting them in evasive conduct. A pistol, ammunition and three bladed weapons were seized.
Three arrested in weapons control operation in Guayaquil, including an adolescent
The Joint Task Force Guayas (FTC-Guayas) of the Armed Forces of Ecuador detained three people—two adult Ecuadorian nationals and a minor—during a weapons control operation in critical areas of Guayaquil, according to eldiario.ec.
The military patrol identified the three suspects as they attempted to evade their presence with evasive conduct. Following an encirclement and interception manoeuvre, the uniformed officers secured the perimeter and proceeded to conduct personal searches.
Weapons, ammunition and motorcycle among seized items
In the possession of the group were found a pistol with a magazine containing 12 unprimed cartridges, three industrially manufactured bladed weapons, a motorcycle and two mobile telephones. All items entered the chain of custody of the Judicial Police for ballistics reports and technical forensic examination.
The operation was conducted within the framework of the permanent urban patrol and weapons, ammunition and explosives control (CAMEX) programme that FTC-Guayas executes in high-crime incidence sectors of Guayas province.
The minor was handed over to Dinapen
In compliance with the Organic Code on Childhood and Adolescence, the adolescent was handed into the custody of the National Directorate of Specialised Police for Children and Adolescents (Dinapen) through the mechanism of preventive detention. His identity remains under legal protection.
The two adults were transferred to the Flagrancy Unit of the General Fiscal's Office, where hearings were opened to formulate charges for illegal possession and carrying of firearms and accessories.
Guayaquil, priority deployment zone
Guayaquil is among the urban areas receiving greatest attention from the Armed Forces of Ecuador, owing to the level of criminal violence recorded as organised gangs dispute control of micro-trafficking and related offences. FTC-Guayas maintains continuous inter-institutional deployment aimed at dismantling the logistics of these groups through rapid-response interventions and public thoroughfare searches.
Source: Google News EC — Guayaquil