18-year-old detained with 54 doses of resin in Puerto Montt
PDI detectives in Puerto Montt detained an 18-year-old Chilean man on 12 November 2026 for microtrafficking under article 4 of Law 20.000. Officers seized 54 'Clear' devices holding cannabis resin totalling 852 g, which the PDI valued at 540,000 pesos; he was to face the judge at the control de detención hearing.
On 12 November 2026 detectives of the Modelo Territorial Cero team of PDI’s
Puerto Montt Criminal Investigation Brigade detained an 18-year-old Chilean man
for microtrafficking, seizing 54 doses of cannabis resin that the PDI valued at
540,000 pesos.[1]The operation, run with the public prosecutor’s office,
caught the man in flagrante violation of article 4 of Law 20.000, the provision
punishing small-scale drug trafficking.[1]
Officers seized 54 ‘Clear’ devices containing cannabis resin, weighing 852 grams
in total, valued at 540,000 pesos.[1]Acting BICR chief comisario Antonio
Retamal confirmed the arrest of one 18-year-old man and the seizure of the 54
resin devices.[1]On the prosecutor’s instruction the man was to be brought
before Puerto Montt’s Juzgado de Garantía on Friday 13 November for his control
de detención, the hearing where a judge reviews the arrest.[1]
Case data
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