Two held in Puerto Natales with 1 kg of marijuana in speaker
Carabineros in Puerto Natales detained two 20-year-old Chileans after the drug dog Hulk found just over 1 kg of marijuana hidden inside a speaker sent by parcel. A controlled delivery led to the first detention and house searches to the second, with phones, cash and a digital scale also seized.
🇨🇱 Puerto Natales, Última Esperanza, Magallanes · Chile
Carabineros detained two 20-year-old Chilean men in Puerto Natales for alleged
illicit drug trafficking after finding marijuana hidden inside a speaker sent by
parcel.[1]Both detainees are Chilean citizens aged 20 with no criminal
record, according to police information.[1]Officers made the first detention
through a controlled delivery after holding a person the parcel recipient had
sent to collect the package.[1]Officers then searched two properties linked
to the first detainee and the parcel recipient’s home, an operation that
produced a second detention and new material for the investigation.[1]
Carabineros seized one kilogram and four grams of marijuana in the procedure.[1]Officers also seized two mobile phones, 50,000 pesos in cash and a digital
scale.[1]
The checks began on 2 November during preventive services and inspections
coordinated with parcel transport companies in the region.[1]During one of
these checks, the drug-detection dog Hulk alerted on a parcel containing a
speaker.[1]When officers inspected the speaker, they found marijuana hidden
inside.[1]The investigation highlighted parcel services as a drug-transport
method, and Carabineros said it was reinforcing the preventive checks it carries
out with transport firms in the region.[1]
Photos and video
Carabineros OS-7 display of the portable speaker and wrapped marijuana packages seized in the Puerto Natales parcel case, on an OS-7 table with the anti-drug department plaque. Photo: Carabineros de ChilePhoto details
ITV Patagoniaitvpatagonia.comESDos jóvenes fueron detenidos por tráfico de drogas tras detectar marihuana oculta en un parlante en Natales
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The article gives no separate date for the controlled delivery or the two detentions, so 13 November 2026, the publication date, is used as the incident date.
The two detainees were not named, and no detention-control hearing, formalisation or court outcome was reported.
No field-test, laboratory confirmation or valuation of the seized marijuana was reported.
The whole account rests on a single report relaying the Carabineros version, with no independent witness or court record published.
The Wayback Machine refused a save of the ITV Patagonia page (HTTP 520), so the source has no archived copy yet.
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