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Playa del Carmen police detain four youths found with hundreds of rounds, drugs, cash

Playa del Carmen, Q.R. — Three males and one female were handcuffed and taken into police custody in the western side of Playa del Carmen after being found with more than 1,200 rounds of ammunition, drugs and cash.

Police made the arrests from the streets of the Ejido neighborhood after the group of four were intercepted along 135 Avenue by personnel from the Central Zone Special Operations Group. During a security review, police located bags of various drugs and US and Mexican peso cash along with over 1,200 bullets made for a variety of guns.

Taken to jail were 28-year-old Christopher N from Guerrero, 28-year-old Jorge N from Michoacán, 20-year-old Humberto N from Campeche and 19-year-old Yulissa N from the city of Guadalajara.