One held with 51.9 kg of marijuana in Estación Central vehicle check
Municipal inspectors and Carabineros stopped a speeding car in a bus-only lane on Calle Arica, Estación Central, and seized 51.89 kg of marijuana in 50 brick packages. An adult Dominican man with expired documents was arrested and sent to a detention-control hearing for alleged infringement of the Drugs Act (Law 20,000).
🇨🇱 Calle Arica, Estación Central, Santiago · Chile
A joint municipal–Carabineros vehicle patrol in Estación Central stopped a car
on Calle Arica after spotting it speeding through a bus-only lane.[1]The
driver produced only his driving licence when inspectors asked for the vehicle’s
documents.[1]After smelling a strong odour of marijuana, inspectors searched
the car and found large ‘matutero’ bags of cannabis sativa in the rear of the
vehicle.[1]The inspectors called in Carabineros, who attended the scene and
removed the driver and the vehicle to continue the police procedure.[1]The
man detained is an adult Dominican national identified only as M.A.V., whose
documents had expired and who was in Chile in an irregular migration situation.[1]
Carabineros’ specialised OS7 unit confirmed by field testing that the substance
was cannabis sativa and weighed 51 kilograms and 890 grams.[1]The cannabis
was divided and concealed in the car in 50 brick-shaped packages.[1]Officers
also seized two mobile phones and placed them at the authorities’ disposal for
the investigation.[1]
The prosecution service ordered the arrested man to a detention-control hearing,
and the cannabis was formally handed to OS7 staff to be sent to the Health
Service.[1]He was placed at the disposal of the Public Ministry for that
hearing and for formalisation for infringing the Drugs Act (Law 20,000).[1]CNN Chile likewise described a mixed-patrol procedure in which OS7 specialists
analysed and weighed the load found in Estación Central.[2]G5 Noticias gave
the same final result of 51 kilograms and 890 grams of marijuana in 50
brick-type packages.[3]
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Seized brick packages from the Estación Central vehicle check. Photo: Agencia UnoPhoto details
Pajaritos FMpajaritosfm.clESIncautan 51 kilos de marihuana durante fiscalización vehicular en Estación Central
CNN Chilecnnchile.comESIncautan más de 51 kilos de marihuana durante fiscalización vehicular en Estación Central: Hay un detenido
G5 Noticiasg5noticias.clESEstación Central: Carabineros incauta más de 51 kilos de marihuana durante fiscalización vehicular
Open questions the AI reported
The articles give no separate date for the roadside check; 27 October 2026 is the publication date of the earliest reports and is used as the incident date, while Pajaritos FM published the same account on 30 October 2026.
The roadside inspection first described about 51 kilos; the report uses the OS7 field-test weight of 51 kilos and 890 grams.
The Pajaritos FM page carries an image captioned only 'cannabis sativa' that could not be verified as showing this seizure, so it is not listed as media.
No outcome beyond the detention-control hearing and planned formalisation under Law 20,000 was reported.
The PDI's anti-narcotics brigade in Calama seized 186 kg of pressed marijuana at a stash point in the border area near San Pedro de Atacama, a find the local prosecutor said came from the internal border task force. The PDI valued the load at 900 million pesos and said it would be destroyed.
Carabineros' OS-7 unit in Cachapoal detained a 23-year-old man after seizing more than two kilos of marijuana from an interprovincial bus at kilometre 58 of Ruta 5 Sur in Mostazal. Drug-detecting dog Kelsy alerted officers to the luggage, and the man was placed at the disposal of the Ministerio Público on a trafficking allegation.
Carabineros detained a 50-year-old driver at a vehicle check on the northern access to the Coquimbo Region and seized 30.36 kg of processed marijuana in 30 packages. The Tenencia Carreteras Elqui found two packages in the car and OS7 officers found another 28 a short distance from the check point.
Carabineros in Chile's Atacama region detained five Chilean adults after officers found 140 marijuana packages in two vehicles at a service station on Route 5 Norte in Chañaral, and seized 156 kg 692 g of marijuana. Prosecutors formalised trafficking charges against the five and a Chañaral court placed them all in preventive detention; Carabineros valued the haul at about 1.57 billion pesos.
