Two held as PDI seizes over 8 kg of cannabis in Estación Central
PDI detectives and the Fiscalía Oriente detained two men, one Dominican and one Chilean, after searching an apartment and four properties in Estación Central and Maipú. La Tercera said officers seized more than eight kilos of cannabis, more than a kilo of cocaine and more than 11 million pesos in cash.
🇨🇱 Estación Central and Maipú, Santiago Metropolitan Region · Chile
The PDI and the Fiscalía Oriente detained two people for drug trafficking at an
apartment in Estación Central.[1]The two detainees were adult men, one a
Dominican national and one Chilean, and both were arrested on the street in
Estación Central.[2]Officers stopped a buyer leaving the apartment, found a
package of cocaine hydrochloride in his backpack, and detained him.[1]After
that arrest they searched four properties in Estación Central and Maipú.[1]
The PDI seized more than eight kilos of cannabis and more than one kilo of
cocaine hydrochloride, along with more than 11 million pesos in cash and a
banknote-counting machine.[2]The same operation was also described as a
seizure of about nine kilos of cannabis and cocaine together, plus 11 million
pesos in cash.[1]
Inspector Karen Contreras of Briant Sur, the Metropolitan South Anti-Narcotics
Investigation Brigade, said the raids followed an inquiry of about six months.[1]She said investigators had identified a group linked to supplying, storing
and later selling illicit substances.[1]The substances were brought into
Chile through unauthorised border crossings in the north and then stored and
distributed in the Metropolitan Region.[1]Detectives said a Dominican
national authorised buyers into the Estación Central apartment and sold the
drugs himself.[1]
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No separate date for the searches was published; 8 November 2026 is the publication date of both reports and is used as the incident date.
La Tercera said more than eight kilos of cannabis and more than one kilo of cocaine, while Pajaritos FM gave a combined figure of about nine kilos of cannabis and cocaine, so the cannabis weight is recorded only as a minimum of eight kilos.
La Tercera said the cash seized was more than 11 million pesos; Pajaritos FM said 11 million pesos.
No court hearing, formal charge outcome, or names and ages of the two men were published.
The unauthorised northern border crossings were not named, and no origin country was stated.
Detectives of the PDI's MT-0 team in Parral arrested a man and a woman after searching three properties where, police said, drugs were sold. Officers seized 1,632.59 grams of cannabis and 3.82 grams of cocaína base; the man was charged with trafficking and held in pre-trial detention, while the woman was charged with microtráfico.
PDI detectives of the Modelo Territorial Cero team raided four properties in the Población Carol Urzúa, Puente Alto, detaining seven people, three of them linked to a family group called Los Chócolos. Officers seized cocaine, ketamine, cannabis and controlled medicines together, without publishing a separate cannabis weight.
Carabineros officers and the Maipú prosecutor's office raided a home used as a retail drug sales point in Población Los Héroes, Maipú, and detained two people. Officers seized 600 grams of marijuana along with coca paste, cocaine hydrochloride, 122,000 pesos in cash and a loaded firearm magazine.
PDI detectives raided three homes in Cerro Navia, Estación Central and Renca on 4 November 2026 and detained four people in an inquiry into ammunition sold to criminal groups. The main suspect was charged with ammunition and drug trafficking, and all four were ordered into pretrial detention.
