The last time the Colombian was seen Sergio Andrés Cuesta Posada, 28 years old, was on September 16, 2023 in the city of Melbourne (Australia). Five days later, he was reported missing by a trusted friend. Of that Almost five months have passed without information about his whereabouts.
After this, the Victoria State Police have arrested different subjects who would be part of the investigation for the Suspicious disappearance of the Colombian citizen.
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Although the young man's loved ones and family maintain the hope of finding him alive, the authorities are working on the hypothesis that the young man could have died.
The last day they saw Sergio Cuesta
According to information from the authorities of the state of Victoria, the last day they saw Sergio, he was leaving a dinner with close friends in the center of Melbourne, when he received a mysterious call.
After hanging up, Cuesta asked one of his friends to take him to a house on Jabiru Drive in Chelsea Heights (a Melbourne suburb). However, he did not tell her what he would do.
The young man arrived at the destination around 8:15 pm on September 16. Since then he has not been heard from again.
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He had contact with people suspected of being involved in drug trafficking
According to local media, Cuesta used to have daily contact with his friends and family in Colombia, who noticed his absence. Precisely, it was one of them who decided to report the disappearance on September 21, 2023.
According to Victoria Police, Cuesta had contact with people suspected of being involved in the drug traffic.
Furthermore, the authorities state, He had a student visa that had already expired and was out on bail for drug offenses.
Detectives continue to search for anyone who provides information about Cuesta's movements before his disappearance. He is said to have spent some time in the state of Queensland in the weeks before he disappeared.
(You can read: Luis Felipe Ossa, the 31-year-old young man who disappeared in the Chicó neighborhood of Bogotá).
“Police are willing to speak to anyone who lives there and may have information about his disappearance or why he made the interstate trip,” Victoria Police said in a statement.
Three arrested after the disappearance of Sergio Cuesta
Sergio Cuesta lived in an apartment on Queens Road.
Victoria Police
Although police have not stated that the young man could be dead, Detective David Dunstan said the missing persons team has had indications of it.
“Unfortunately, They believe at this moment that he has suffered a crime and that he is no longer alive“Dunstan said to 9News.
Following his disappearance, authorities have arrested three people this weekend as part of their investigation to find Cuesta's whereabouts.
A man, 25, was arrested at Melbourne Airport on Saturday, February 3 after traveling to Melbourne from Queensland.
Police confiscated a quantity of cash from the man following his arrest. He was then questioned by the authorities and subsequently accused of murder.
Subsequently, a 25-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman were also arrested on February 2 in Brisbane with the assistance of the Queensland Police Service.
Sergio Cuesta is described as about 170cm tall, robust looking and with dark hair.
At the time when he was last seenSergio was wearing a black t-shirt, black pants and black sneakers.
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