Minor detained in Punta Arenas after collecting parcel with 520 g of cannabis concentrate
An anti-drug team in Punta Arenas seized 35 bottles of yellow cannabis concentrate, totalling 519.74 grams and confirmed by a field THC test, from a parcel sent from the Metropolitan Region. A minor who went to collect it was detained the same day, and an abreviado hearing was set for 17 December.
A minor was detained in Punta Arenas after going to collect a parcel containing
more than 500 grams of cannabis concentrate, in a procedure carried out on 11
November in an investigation aimed at detecting drug entry into the Magallanes
region via transport companies.[1]Around 09:00, an anti-drug team from Punta
Arenas, accompanied by the K-9 unit Haru, checked a freight company warehouse in
the El Ovejero area.[1]With judicial authorization to open and inspect the
parcel, officers found 35 glass bottles containing a yellow liquid with
characteristics of cannabis concentrate.[1]A field test confirmed the
presence of THC and established a total weight of 519.74 grams.[1]
Investigators identified the person who had gone to the transport company to pay
and collect the package, and the detention was carried out at around 18:35 on
the same day.[1]The parcel had been sent from the Metropolitan Region to
Punta Arenas, a pattern within the investigative lines to detect illicit
transfers to Magallanes.[1]In the case, a hearing for the abreviado procedure
was set for 17 December.[1]
Photos and video
Video report on the detention of the minor who picked up the parcel of 35 bottles of cannabis concentrate at the Punta Arenas transport company. Source: ITV Patagonia
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
519.74 g
Agency type
Anti-narcotics agency
Cannabis
Oil or extract (519.74 g)
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Mail or parcel
Case stage
Under investigation
Force
No force reported
Region
Magallanes
Sources
ITV Patagoniaitvpatagonia.comESMenor de edad fue detenido en Punta Arenas tras retirar encomienda con más de 500 gramos de cannabis concentrado
Open questions the AI reported
The minor's name, age and sex were not published.
The account does not say which force the Punta Arenas anti-drug team belongs to.
The 519.74 g figure comes from a field test confirming THC; no laboratory result or value was reported.
No charge, outcome of the 17 December abreviado hearing or any measure on the minor was reported.
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