Officers of the Coltauco tenencia of Carabineros, Chile’s national police, detained a man during a vehicle check in the Los Almendros sector after finding a firearm and marijuana inside his car.[1] The search of the vehicle found a pistol holding 9 mm ammunition in its magazine, together with marijuana.[1] The driver was detained for offences against Chile’s weapons law and Law 20.000, the country’s anti-drug law, and was handed over to the public prosecutor’s office for the control de detención, the hearing at which a judge reviews the arrest.[1] On the prosecutor’s instruction, officers of Carabineros’ Criminalistic Laboratory, known as Labocar, were to carry out the expert examination of the seized weapon.[1]