At around 9 pm yesterday, Wednesday, two women approached a man in the Historic Center and offered him their sexual services. He accepted and the trio moved to a hotel in the Marbella neighborhood.
Once they reached the room where the man was staying, the women gave him an unknown drink to drink and immediately stole his belongings. Read: “They left me plastic things”: they steal a hidden kitchen in the Center
This is the story that the most recent victim of theft with scopolamine in the city gave to the Metropolitan Police of Cartagena, who through its commander, Brigadier General Nicolás Zapata Restrepo, took advantage of this case to recommend to visitors, nationals and foreigners, do not hire company people. Read: Insecurity walks in Cartagena: top 5 robberies in tourist sectors
And it is that some of these, men and women, have been accused of using scopolamine to subdue their victims, with the aim of stealing their belongings. Read: Not even God is safe! Important church of Gethsemane stolen
“There is a concern of the Cartagena Metropolitan Police, in the sense that we have dealt with 45 complaints so far in 2022, of people who, using the escort service, according to their sexual prevalence, are being robbed and robbed. to your belongings. Most of these events take place in the midst of the consumption of alcohol and hallucinogens, especially in hotels,” Zapata explained.
He warned: “We have also had information that some tourists, when they request the company of these people, go to ATMs to withdraw money and are robbed. The call that we make is that we avoid, especially domestic and foreign tourists, this type of service, because we are promoting human trafficking, sexual exploitation and crimes against children and adolescents.”
Human trafficking and sexual exploitation can be reported to the Police lines 123 and 321 394 6238.
Due to the recent case in question, the Police indicated that they deployed the “That’s not going” strategy with neighborhood work, in order to locate video cameras and collect information that allows the two women to be identified.
He added that, with this same strategy, he has led prevention campaigns in hotels, establishments open to the public, nightclubs, bars, squares and parks in the city, avoiding other cases of theft with scopolamine.