Four held as PDI raids four drug sales points in San Joaquín
PDI detectives arrested three men and a woman aged 28 to 57 in La Legua, San Joaquín, after raiding four homes used as drug sales points. Officers seized cocaine base, cocaine hydrochloride and cannabis along with cash, phones, two firearms and a car.
Chilean PDI detectives detained four people from a gang that sold illicit
substances in the commune of San Joaquín in the Metropolitan Region.[1][2]Those
detained were three men and a woman aged 28 to 57 from the Legua Emergencia and
Antigua Legua populations.[1]The operation raided four homes where the group
operated, identified as its sales points.[3][2]The four detainees were placed at
the disposal of the competent authorities.[3]
Officers seized more than a kilo of drugs comprising coca base, cocaine
hydrochloride and cannabis, together valued at six million pesos.[1][2]Officers
seized more than 700,000 pesos in cash and five cell phones to be examined by
the PDI criminalistics laboratory.[1][2]Officers also seized dosing elements,
digital scales, a car, an unbranded revolver, a Glock 40 pistol with fire
selector, an extended Glock magazine and 18 calibre-40 cartridges.[1][2]
Investigators said intelligence and criminal analysis identified the homes as
gang sales points, and entry and search orders were obtained and executed to
detain the suspects and seize evidence.[1]
Case data
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La Terceralatercera.comESPDI detiene a cuatro sujetos por tráfico de drogas en San Joaquín: incautan $6 millones en sustancias ilícitas y armas
Cooperativa.clcooperativa.clESOperativo en La Legua dejó cuatro detenidos y droga incautada avaluada en $6 millones - Cooperativa.cl
ADN Radioadnradio.clESUtilizaban cuatro domicilios como puntos de venta: detienen a cuatro personas por tráfico de drogas en San Joaquín
Open questions the AI reported
No separate weight was published for the cannabis portion: the reported more than one kilo covers coca base, cocaine hydrochloride and cannabis together, so no cannabis kilograms are recorded.
The reported six-million-peso valuation covers all seized drugs together and cannot be attributed to cannabis alone, so no value is recorded.
The articles say the detention occurred on Sunday and were published on 8 November 2026, which is used as the incident date; no separate operation hour was given.
No charges, court or formalization outcome beyond placement at the disposal of the authorities was reported.
Detectives detained six Chileans accused of running a family drug-trafficking group in La Pincoya, Huechuraba. Officers seized almost 4 kg of mixed drugs including cannabis, valued at over 19 million pesos, but reported no separate cannabis weight.
Carabineros of the Hijuelas highway unit detained a woman on suspicion of drug trafficking after finding ten packages of pressed marijuana in the luggage of an interprovincial bus on Ruta 5 Norte at Nogales. Officers seized 11 kilos and 875 grams of pressed marijuana and placed the woman at the disposal of the Ministerio Público.
A taxi colectivo driver who struck a Carabinero directing traffic in central Osorno on 7 November was found positive for marijuana and cocaine in drug tests and was detained. The first corporal suffered a serious fracture of his right wrist, and the duty prosecutor ordered the driver to be brought to a detention review.
Carabineros arrested a 33-year-old man in central Antofagasta after he punched, kicked and scratched two officers who came to check a noise complaint, and both officers were treated for minor injuries. Searching his rented room with the owner's consent, officers found marijuana and cocaine doses, and OS7 tests were positive for 579.4 grams of marijuana alongside 164.5 grams of cocaine.
