231 stolen mobile phones seized in El Agustino: three detained in criminal network
The PNP arrested three suspected members of a criminal gang in El Agustino and confiscated 231 mobile phones linked to robberies in Lima.
Operation in El Agustino results in 231 mobile phones seized and three detained
Agents from the Terna Squad of the National Police of Peru (PNP) arrested three suspected members of a criminal gang dedicated to receiving stolen goods at a multi-family building in the district of El Agustino, according to elcomercio.pe.
Among those detained are two men and a woman who is pregnant.
During a search of the premises, the authorities confiscated 231 mobile phones, several of them high-end models. According to initial police investigations, multiple devices are linked to armed robberies and violent acts recorded recently in the capital, including incidents that occurred in the Puente Nuevo and Nocheto areas.
The operation is part of the state of emergency in effect in Metropolitan Lima and the Constitutional Province of Callao, extended for 60 calendar days as of 28 October 2026 under Supreme Decree No. 123-2026-PCM, with the aim of combating crime and other situations of violence.
Source: Google News PE — Crime