Officers detained the driver of a fuel tanker at the Ollagüe border complex, an adult Bolivian citizen with regular migration status in Chile.[1] The driver had no police record or outstanding warrants.[1] The Calama prosecutor’s office charged the detained driver with drug trafficking.[1] He was ordered into pretrial detention as a danger to society, with a 100-day investigation period.[1]
The joint operation seized 458 kilos 60 grams of cannabis hidden inside a tanker truck entering Chile through the Ollagüe border complex.[1] Antofagasta customs officers had flagged a Bolivian-registered fuel tanker that declared it was travelling empty.[1] Using a portable scanner, officers confirmed anomalies in its contents and found bags with unknown merchandise inside the tank.[1] Detectives later established that 44 packages containing cannabis were concealed in the vehicle’s structure, bringing the seizure to more than 458 kilos.[1]
The seizure was carried out jointly by the National Customs Service, Calama migration and international police, the Border Task Force and the PDI anti-narcotics brigade, under the direction of the Calama prosecutor’s office.[1] After the initial customs check the case was reported to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, which sent Calama anti-narcotics detectives to take over the specialised procedure.[1] The Antofagasta customs director said its inspectors identified the load before it entered national territory, triggering the prosecutor-led investigation carried out by the investigative police.[1]
