Police search several homes in Batabano

Police search several homes in Batabanó

HAVANA, Cuba - July 5 (Richard Roselló / www.cubanet.org) - The economic
police in Batabanó, a small port city in the southern coast of Havana
province, were unusually active in the last three weeks in June,
searching several homes for signs of prohibited economic activity.

They searched, for example, the home of Reinaldo Rodríguez, a local
farmer, on suspicion of illegal sale of rice and beans, and that of
Rubén Rey, for the sale and hoarding of seafood. This was the second
such search for Rey.

Sadiel Blanco, a retired military man, said they searched his home
because they had information that he had been selling rum and food, but
didn't find any incriminating evidence.

Police detained Juan Laureiro Reyes under an accusation of the theft of
some 30 refrigeration units from the warehouse where he is a watchman.
They released Reyes after some days in jail, when they found no evidence
of the theft in his home.

Reyes said he had been locked up along with two members of management
with the company, who were still being investigated for the thefts.

At the home of Andrés González, police went looking for evidence that he
had been building some sort of water craft to leave the country, along
with Gloria Torres, who herself has been caught repeatedly selling food
illegally.

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