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Judicial raid with detention and confiscation

Local | By Press release August 14, 2023

WILLEMSTAD - On Monday, August 14, 2023, around 05:00 in the morning, personnel from the Organized Crime Division conducted a judicial raid at a house on Kaya Barbulete as part of a criminal investigation related to a case of firearm violation. 

 

During this judicial raid, the following items were found and confiscated: 

An automatic firearm 

Ammunition and live rounds 

A bulletproof vest 

 

At the scene, the police detained the suspect R.I.L., a 33-year-old man born in Curaçao, in connection with the firearm violation. 

 

The suspect was presented before an assistant prosecutor, and after interrogation, his detention was ordered pending further investigation. 

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