Army seizes five long guns in Concordia
Original reporting: Los Noticieristas Policiaca
What happened
Los Noticieristas reported that soldiers detained one person in Piedra Blanca and seized five long guns, 77 magazines, 2,369 rounds and protective equipment. The person's identity and legal status were not disclosed.
Reporting and context
Mexican soldiers detained one person and seized five long guns, 77 magazines and 2,369 rounds of ammunition in Piedra Blanca, a community in Concordia municipality in southern Sinaloa, according to Los Noticieristas. The outlet reported the operation on November 3.
The seizure also included 13 tactical vests, 24 ballistic plates and two helmets. Those figures describe the equipment recovered in this operation. The ammunition was of different calibers, the report said, but it did not provide a breakdown by caliber or identify the types of long guns recovered.
Los Noticieristas reported that the detained person's identity and legal status had not been disclosed. The account also gave no further information about possible links to a criminal group. It did not specify whether soldiers found the weapons and protective equipment in a building, a vehicle or on open ground.
The operation took place in an area of southern Sinaloa where federal forces maintain security deployments, the outlet said. Its account provided no additional details about the circumstances leading to the detention.
Original report: Los Noticieristas.