Four arrested for truck theft in Barahona

Barahona. — The National Police, in coordination with the Public Ministry, reported this Sunday the dismantling of an alleged criminal gang dedicated to the theft of trucks loaded with merchandise, during an operation carried out in this province. The intervention was the result of an investigation process led by agents of the Department of Investigation (DICRIM), attached to the Southern Regional Directorate, with the support of the Preventive Police and the Rapid Action Unit. During the operation, executed in the Villa Estela sector under judicial order No. 2026-AJ22386, Cristian Ariendy Matos, Daniel Enríquez Fralcon, Luis Amaury Tavares, and José Danio Ramírez, alias “Chupa”, who reside in Barahona and Santo Domingo, were arrested. According to the preliminary report, those arrested would be part of a criminal structure that intercepted trucks in different provinces of the northern region of the country to strip drivers of their vehicles and merchandise.

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One of the cases attributed to the alleged gang occurred on March 15, in Valverde province, where a citizen was intercepted by several individuals aboard a vehicle, being stripped of his truck and the cargo it was carrying. During the operation, the authorities recovered a white Daihatsu truck, as well as a significant amount of allegedly stolen items, including food, 18 cell phones, appliances, clothing, kitchen utensils, agricultural tools, furniture, stoves, sharp weapons, construction rods, various plastic items, and two motorcycles. Authorities also indicated that one of the detainees, Daniel Enríquez Fralcon, has a criminal record and appears in police records with at least five judicial orders for aggravated robbery in different jurisdictions of the country. The detainees, along with the seized evidence, will be placed at the disposal of the Public Ministry for the corresponding legal purposes.

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