19-year-old detained in Puerto Natales with 219.7 g of marijuana in his car
Carabineros' Centauro patrol followed a red car through Puerto Natales and caught its 19-year-old driver after he fled on foot, seizing 219.7 grams of marijuana, 141,000 pesos in cash and two mobile phones. A field test at the city's Second Police Station confirmed marijuana and he was detained for illicit drug trafficking.
🇨🇱 Puerto Natales, Última Esperanza, Magallanes · Chile
Carabineros detained a 19-year-old man in Puerto Natales, in Chile’s Magallanes
region, for illicit drug trafficking after finding more than 219 grams of
marijuana inside the car he was driving.[1]The procedure was carried out by
the Centauro patrol, which spotted a red car whose driver tried to escape when
he noticed the police presence.[1]Officers followed the car at a distance
through different streets of the city; the driver then stopped the vehicle and
fled on foot, but was caught by Carabineros.[1]
During the inspection of the car, officers found a transparent nylon bag
containing a green plant substance.[1]The young man was taken to the Segunda
Comisaría, the second police station of Puerto Natales, where the Sección de
Investigación Policial (SIP), the police investigation section, ran a field test
that came back positive for marijuana, and his detention was then confirmed.[1]In total, Carabineros seized219 grams and 700 milligrams of marijuana,
141,000 pesos in cash and two mobile phones.[1]
Police evidence photograph published with the report: the seized bag of marijuana, Chilean peso banknotes and two mobile phones laid out beside a Carabineros EVIDENCIA marker.Photo details
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