It looks like JH will have to get a real job now that his enterprise has been busted.
Anti-drug police conducted a series of raids Wednesday and arrested seven persons who, they alleged, were marketing crack cocaine at bars in downtown San José and one in the Provincia de Puntarenas.
In all, the Policía de Control de las Drogas conducted 12 raids, including searches at the bars El Marañón, La Principal, El Senador and La Estrella. All are in the vicinity of Avenida 10 and Calle 5. They also raided a bar called El Pana in Punta Morales de Chomes, Puntarenas. A restaurant, La Carreta, also at Avenida 10 and Calle 5 was raided.
All of these businesses are owned by a man identified by the last names of Hurtado Serrano. His upscale home in Santa Ana was raided, too, and he was taken into custody there along with his wife, who has the last names of Molina Ruiz.
The other five detainees were mostly those involved in transporting and preparing drugs, said the Ministerio de Gobernación, Policía y Seguridad Pública.
More than 3,300 crack doses prepared for sale were confiscated, agents said. Cash, nine automobiles and six firearms also were confiscated, said agents.
Some food establishments in the downtown really are outlets for crack cocaine. However, the scale of the operation attributed to Hurtado is unusual.
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By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Anti-drug police conducted a series of raids Wednesday and arrested seven persons who, they alleged, were marketing crack cocaine at bars in downtown San José and one in the Provincia de Puntarenas.
In all, the Policía de Control de las Drogas conducted 12 raids, including searches at the bars El Marañón, La Principal, El Senador and La Estrella. All are in the vicinity of Avenida 10 and Calle 5. They also raided a bar called El Pana in Punta Morales de Chomes, Puntarenas. A restaurant, La Carreta, also at Avenida 10 and Calle 5 was raided.
All of these businesses are owned by a man identified by the last names of Hurtado Serrano. His upscale home in Santa Ana was raided, too, and he was taken into custody there along with his wife, who has the last names of Molina Ruiz.
The other five detainees were mostly those involved in transporting and preparing drugs, said the Ministerio de Gobernación, Policía y Seguridad Pública.
More than 3,300 crack doses prepared for sale were confiscated, agents said. Cash, nine automobiles and six firearms also were confiscated, said agents.
Some food establishments in the downtown really are outlets for crack cocaine. However, the scale of the operation attributed to Hurtado is unusual.
