Three held as PDI seizes 982 g cannabis and 7 plants in Maule
PDI Modelo Territorial Cero teams detained three people in coordinated anti-drug operations in Rauco, Constitución and Linares in Chile's Maule region. Officers seized 977.38 grams of bulk cannabis in Rauco and 5.14 grams plus seven growing plants in Constitución, while a Linares cocaine seizure was excluded from the cannabis total.
🇨🇱 Rauco, Constitución and Linares, Maule region · Chile
Arrested
3
Plants destroyed
7
Cannabis
982.52 g
Detectives of the investigative police’s Modelo Territorial Cero team based in
Molina carried out an operation in the commune of Rauco as part of investigative
procedures to eradicatedrug trafficking in the Maule region.[1]During that
intervention officers detained an adult man and took 977.38 grams of bulk
cannabis out of circulation, seizing two mobile phones as investigative
evidence.[1]In Constitución the team captured a 52-year-old man, seizing 5.14
grams of bulk cannabis and seven cannabis plants in the growth stage.[1]In
Linares in Maule Sur detectives detained a 41-year-old man and seized5.44 grams
of cocaine hydrochloride, plus cash and items commonly used to portion drugs.[1]
The Rauco seizure in Curicó province was part of a larger regional MT-0
deployment that included parallel actions in two other Maule communes.[1]The
simultaneous actions in Constitución and Linares left a total of three people
detained for alleged infringement of Law 20.000.[1]
On instructions from the Public Prosecutor’s Office, all of the drugs seized in
Rauco and the other communes were sent in full to the Maule Health Service for
analysis.[1]The three detainees were placed at the disposal of the
corresponding guarantee courts to face justice for drug-law infringement.[1]
Photos and video
Lead photo showing seized marijuana presented with the report on the Rauco operation. Credit: Archivo Source: VLN Radio
Carabineros detained two foreign men during a vehicle check on Camino Internacional in Concón after finding them smoking handmade marijuana cigarettes. A search found more cigarettes, three card payment machines, a knife and cash, and the men were placed at the tribunal's disposition.
PDI officers detained five suspected members of a family drug-selling group and raided four homes in Villa Alemana, seizing 138 g of cannabis alongside cocaine, cutting agent, a car and electronics. The five were to face a detention-control hearing, whose outcome has not been reported.
Carabineros of the Hijuelas highway unit detained two people on Ruta 5 Norte at Nogales after finding doses of cocaine and marijuana in a vehicle check. Officers seized the drugs plus a digital gram scale and cash, and both detainees were placed at the disposal of the Ministerio Público.
Carabineros detained two men and a woman in central Río Bueno for alleged street microtrafficking of marijuana portioned in paper wraps. Officers seized the drug plus a knife, cash, phones and the car, sending two suspects to detention hearings while the third was released pending summons.
