Two held after evading police control on Ruta 5 Norte at Pozo Almonte
Carabineros of the 2nd Precinct of Pozo Almonte in the Tarapacá region detained a 23-year-old driver and his 29-year-old companion after their car evaded a police control on Ruta 5 Norte and turned onto an alternative road. A search found packages of drugs in a backpack and two jars of ketamine hidden in the spare-wheel compartment, and OS 7 Iquique confirmed the haul as ketamine and marijuana.
Carabineros officers of the 2nd Precinct of Pozo Almonte were carrying out a
preventive service on Ruta 5 Norte in the Tarapacá region when they saw a
vehicle evade the police control by turning onto an alternative road.[1]The
officers followed the vehicle, intercepted it and inspected it and its
occupants.[1]The search found packages containing drugs inside a backpack and
two jars of ketamine hidden in the spare-wheel compartment.[1]Two men were
detained, the driver and his companion, aged 23 and 29.[2]Both detainees
threatened to kill the police officers at the moment of their arrest.[3]
One of the accused had an extensive police record, with earlier arrests for
driving under the influence of narcotic or psychotropic substances, threats,
drug possession in public or private places, public brawling, carrying a blade
or pointed weapon and micro-trafficking.[1]Specialist officers of OS 7
Iquique analysed the seized drugs and confirmed they were ketamine and
marijuana.[1]On the instruction of the duty prosecutor, both detainees were
taken to a detention-control hearing at the Guarantee Court of Pozo Almonte.[1]
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No weight or number of packages was published for the marijuana, so no kilogram figure is recorded.
The accounts give no separate date for the operation; 11 November 2026, the publication date of the reports, is used as the incident date.
No charges, formalisation or court outcome were reported beyond the order that both detainees be held for a detention-control hearing at the Guarantee Court of Pozo Almonte.
Neither man was named in the reports, and no value was estimated for the drugs.
The three opened accounts appear to reproduce the same Carabineros information, so the sourcing rests on one police account.
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