Ecuadorian authorities confirmed Friday that nine officials from the country's prisons bureau in the city of Guayaquil had been arrested after weapons, explosives, and drugs were found in their offices following the inspection of wards in the Penitenciaría del Litoral, the Prosecutor's Office said on its Twitter account after some 2,000 troops carried out three raids resulting in the seizure of firearms, bladed weapons, ammunition, explosives, drugs, among other prohibited objects.