One man detained with cocaine and marijuana on the Carretera de la Fruta
Carabineros of the Tenencia El Manzano detained one man during preventive patrols on the Carretera de la Fruta, route H-66, after he tried to flee a police check. Officers found a bag with cocaine and marijuana, both in doses and in bulk, under the driver's seat, and the man was handed to the court for formalisation for drug trafficking.
🇨🇱 Carretera de la Fruta (Ruta H-66), Las Cabras, O'Higgins Region · Chile
Carabineros of the Tenencia El Manzano, a unit of Chile’s national police,
detained one man during preventive patrols on the Carretera de la Fruta, the
route H-66, after finding drugs inside his car.[1]
While officers were carrying out their patrols along the route, they detected a
car travelling with its lights off and with a single occupant inside.[1]The
driver tried to flee when he noticed the police, but Carabineros intercepted
him.[1]During the search of the vehicle, officers found a bag under the
driver’s seat that contained cocaine and marijuana, both in individual doses and
in bulk.[1]
The man was arrested and taken to the police station, then placed at the
disposal of the court for the control de detención, the hearing at which a judge
reviews an arrest, and for the formalisation for the crime of drug trafficking,
the stage at which the prosecutor sets out the charges against him.[1]
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