{"id":496579,"date":"2026-01-03T11:43:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/pn-seizes-nine-illegal-firearms-and-arrests-seven-people-during-operations-in-santiago\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T11:43:51","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T15:43:51","slug":"pn-seizes-nine-illegal-firearms-and-arrests-seven-people-during-operations-in-santiago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/pn-seizes-nine-illegal-firearms-and-arrests-seven-people-during-operations-in-santiago\/","title":{"rendered":"PN seizes nine illegal firearms and arrests seven people during operations in Santiago"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Santiago.<\/strong> \u2014 Investigation agents of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.policianacional.gob.do\/direccion-general-pn-designa-nuevamente-al-coronel-diego-pesqueira-al-frente-de-la-direccion-de-comunicaciones-estrategicas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Police,<\/a> in coordination with the Preventive Police, seized nine illegal firearms and arrested seven people during operations carried out in the last 12 hours in different sectors of this city, as part of the preventive actions to reinforce citizen security in this province.\n\nAmong those arrested is Johan Manuel de la Cruz Puntier, who, upon noticing the police presence, attempted to flee aboard a Toyota Corolla vehicle, without managing to escape. During the search of the car, the authorities seized a Glock pistol, with two magazines and six cartridges, as well as two M16A rifles caliber 5.56 mm, one with legible numbering and the other not legible, in addition to several magazines and ammunition, all without the corresponding legal documentation.\n\nThe other people arrested were identified as Angelo Alberto Dom\u00ednguez Espinal, Jerfrey de Jes\u00fas Hern\u00e1ndez Pimentel, Jeury Mej\u00eda Gonz\u00e1lez, Jos\u00e9 Amado Castro Rubio, Rony Daury Gonz\u00e1lez Ram\u00edrez, and a woman whose name is withheld for investigation purposes.\n\n\n<p><strong>You can also read: <\/strong>A<a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/nacionales\/embajada-de-venezuela-en-rd\/\">Environment outside the Venezuelan Embassy in the DR; it remains closed<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nDuring the operations, pistols, a shotgun, and a revolver were also seized, along with their respective magazines and ammunition, all carried illegally. In addition, cell phones, cash, and other objects of interest for the investigative process were seized.\n\nThe interventions were carried out in the sectors La Otra Banda, Plaza Valerio, La Joya, Monte Adentro, Cristo Rey, Los Guandales and Hato del Yaque, where several people who were moving with a suspicious profile or tried to evade the police presence were arrested.\n\nWhen checked in police systems, some of the detainees have criminal records. According to the authorities, those involved stated that they had acquired the weapons illegally, claiming alleged personal protection.\n\nThe cases were duly documented and made available to the Public Prosecutor's Office for the corresponding legal purposes.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santiago. \u2014 Investigation agents of the National Police, in coordination with the Preventive Police, seized nine illegal firearms and arrested seven people during operations carried out in the last 12 hours in different sectors of this city, as part of the preventive actions to reinforce citizen security in this province. Among those arrested is Johan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133537,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-496579","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Paola Castillo","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-paola-castillo-f-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133537"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}