{"id":167639,"date":"2026-10-03T11:31:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/dintel-and-dicrim-dismantle-illegal-weapons-workshop-in-cotui\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T11:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T15:31:07","slug":"dintel-and-dicrim-dismantle-illegal-weapons-workshop-in-cotui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/dintel-and-dicrim-dismantle-illegal-weapons-workshop-in-cotui\/","title":{"rendered":"DINTEL and DICRIM dismantle illegal weapons workshop in Cotu\u00ed"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blow to crime: Clandestine firearm workshop dismantled in Cotu\u00ed<\/h2>\n\n<p>In a strategic operation carried out in the S\u00e1nchez Ram\u00edrez province, police authorities managed to dismantle an illicit operations center dedicated to the illegal modification and repair of firearms. The intervention was executed by agents of the Regional Sub-directorate of Criminal Intelligence (DINTEL), in conjunction with DICRIM, the Preventive Police, and the Public Ministry.<\/p>\n\n<p>The actions, resulting from intelligence work, focused on the Plan Piloto sector and other key areas of Cotu\u00ed, where various search warrants were executed, leading to the arrest of several individuals and the seizure of modified weaponry.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Seized weapons and evidence<\/h2>\n\n<p>During the search of the homes, the agents found an arsenal that was being handled clandestinely. The inventory of the seized items includes:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>An Etay X Pro brand pistol, .380 caliber, found in the process of being modified inside a backpack.<\/li><li>A Glock 17 pistol, Gen 5 model, 9 millimeter caliber, hidden inside a scooter.<\/li><li>A revolver with no brand or visible serial number, located at the back of one of the properties.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The efficiency of these operations demonstrates our institution&#8217;s commitment to public safety, succeeding in removing from the streets weapons that would potentially be used for criminal activities.<\/p><cite>Alofoke Deportes<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Logistical disruption<\/h2>\n\n<p>In addition to the weapons, the intelligence team confiscated specialized tools that evidence the technical nature of the illegal workshop. Among the seized items are a portable welding machine, polishers, mobile devices, and a complete kit of mechanical tools intended to alter the firing mechanisms of the weapons.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Cibao Sur Regional Directorate of the National Police emphasized that investigations into this network remain ongoing to determine if there are more individuals linked to this clandestine workshop and to prevent future acts of violence in the province.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blow to crime: Clandestine firearm workshop dismantled in Cotu\u00ed In a strategic operation carried out in the S\u00e1nchez Ram\u00edrez province, police authorities managed to dismantle an illicit operations center dedicated to the illegal modification and repair of firearms. The intervention was executed by agents of the Regional Sub-directorate of Criminal Intelligence (DINTEL), in conjunction with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":167640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[3061,6871,4070,6722],"class_list":{"0":"post-167639","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-cotui","9":"tag-national-police","10":"tag-raids","11":"tag-weapons"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}