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Seven police officers are arrested for asking for bribes in North Lima

Three of those intervened belonged to the Emergency Division – Cobra Platoon (DIVEME) and four to the Lima Regional Intelligence Division – Search Department (DIVREINT LIMA – DEPBUS), units that were raided to collect elements that would clarify the facts of the case. investigation.

A coordinated effort between the Public Ministry and the National Police of Peru led to the preliminary arrest of seven police officers investigated for the alleged crime of passive bribery in the exercise of police functions, using their investiture.

According to the tax investigation, the intervened officers requested money from detained citizens, in amounts of 5,000, 15,000 and 30,000 soles, conditioning their police action to said payment, with the purpose of preparing police reports with unreal information, to give an appearance of legality in their interventions.

The simultaneous operation in the police stations of Lima Norte, Cercado de Lima and La Victoria had the support of deputy prosecutors from the National Anti-Corruption Coordination and the Pool of the Lima Norte tax district, as well as PNP Colonel Daniel Hernani, from the Division Investigation of crimes against the Public Administration and the Intelligence Division of the General Inspectorate of the National Police of Peru.

The provincial prosecutor Diana Fernández Uribe specified that, after arduous investigative work coordinated with the National Police, it was possible to obtain the measure of preliminary judicial detention against the seven police officers investigated for the alleged crime of passive bribery in the exercise of their function. police officers, who, using their police authority, carried out criminal offenses in her name.

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– 2024-05-03 21:26:29

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