Dismantled gang dedicated to motorcycle theft in Santiago; four arrested and two vehicles recovered

Santiago.- Members of the National Police dismantled an alleged gang dedicated to motorcycle theft and robberies in different sectors of Santiago, during an operation carried out in the municipality of Baitoa that culminated in four people arrested, the recovery of two stolen motorcycles and the seizure of a homemade weapon. The intervention occurred following reports of the theft of two motorcycles in separate incidents that occurred recently. According to the law enforcement institution, the agents managed to recover both vehicles and arrest the alleged perpetrators shortly after one of the assaults. The detainees were identified as Javier Alexander Toribio, 30 years old, who has a criminal record for robberies; Samuel Alberto Morán, 19 years old; and the young people Wilfri Jean Minaya and Alexander Minaya Cabrera, both 18 years old. According to preliminary investigations, the four were part of a criminal structure that operated through assaults to strip citizens of their motorcycles. Authorities indicated that those arrested were intercepted moments after having robbed a resident of Hato del Yaque of a Gato brand motorcycle, black in color, through a robbery.

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During the same operation, another motorcycle of the same brand and color was also recovered, reported as stolen from a citizen of the Los Salados sector, in Santiago. In addition, the detainees were seized one homemade weapon and three motorcycles of different brands, which they allegedly used to move around when committing the criminal acts. The National Police reported that it is actively searching for two other individuals linked to the gang, who managed to escape during the operation. The four arrested were transferred to the Vehicle Recovery Department and will be placed at the disposal of the Public Prosecutor's Office to determine the corresponding legal measures, while investigations continue to determine if they are related to other robberies and hold-ups recorded in the province.