Carabineros’ Servicio de Encargo y Búsqueda de Personas y Vehículos (SEBV), the unit that traces stolen vehicles and wanted people, detained 20 people during the ninth Chile–Bolivia binational operation in Chile’s northern macrozone.[1] The deployment ran from 5 to 9 October 2026, when the regional sections announced its results.[2] Of the 20 detained, 15 were adults and five were minors, and nine were foreigners of different nationalities.[1] Eleven of the detentions were for handling stolen vehicles (receptación), five for infringing Chile’s drugs law (Ley de Drogas), and four on outstanding arrest warrants.[1] ADN Radio reported that the 15 adults among the detainees were men.[3]

Officers recovered 23 stolen vehicles: nine station wagons, six pickup trucks, five cars, two motorcycles and one of another category.[1] They seized 769 grams of marijuana, found during the five days of checks in the northern macrozone.[3] The deployment included 909 preventive checks, 479 identity checks and 430 vehicle checks.[1]

Public Security Minister Martín Arrau congratulated Carabineros de Chile and Bolivia’s Policía Nacional Boliviana on the operation.[1] Arrau called it state action to protect Chile’s borders and make the country’s neighbourhoods safer.[1]