Man held as PDI drug dog at Temuco bus terminal leads to 5.8 kg of marijuana
Detectives of the PDI's anti-narcotics brigade in Temuco arrested a passenger for drug trafficking after a drug-detection dog alerted to him at the city's interurban bus terminal and his unchecked suitcase went on to Puerto Montt. With a judicial authorisation the PDI opened the suitcase at the Puerto Montt terminal and found 5 kilos 835 grams of cannabis.
🇨🇱 Terminal Rodoviario de Temuco, with the suitcase opened at the Puerto Montt bus terminal · Chile
During a control by the PDI’s Brigada Antinarcóticos in Temuco, one of the
brigade’s drug-detection dogs alerted to a passenger at the Terminal Rodoviario,
the city’s interurban bus terminal.[1]Checking his belongings, detectives
found a luggage ticket, and the man said he had got off the bus in Temuco
without managing to collect his suitcase, which had continued on to Puerto
Montt.[1]The procedure ended with the passenger’s arrest for drug trafficking
and the seizure of the suitcase in Puerto Montt.[1]
Detectives contacted the bus company and confirmed the luggage was at the
terminal in Puerto Montt, and with the support of the PDI there, and after a
judicial authorisation, they opened the suitcase and found 5 kilos835 grams of
cannabis.[1]The police described the load as nearly six kilos of marijuana
that had been travelling in an interurban bus.[1]
The find allowed the authorities to obtain an arrest order against the
passenger, a Chilean man of full age who, according to the PDI, had police
records for breaking the drug law.[1]He was placed at the disposal of
Temuco’s Juzgado de Garantía for his control de detención, the hearing at which
a judge reviews an arrest, while the cannabis went to the Servicio de Salud
Araucanía Sur for analysis.[1]
Photos and video
A PDI drug-detection dog taking part in a control at a bus terminal, published with the report on the Temuco seizure. No photo credit given.Photo details
No date is given for the control at the Temuco bus terminal or the arrest; 13 November 2026 is the publication date and stands in for the incident date.
The seized cannabis is given as 5 kilos 835 grams, also described as nearly six kilos, and the reports say the substance was still awaiting analysis by the Servicio de Salud Araucanía Sur.
No street value or dose estimate for the seized cannabis was published.
The detained man is described only as a Chilean adult with police records under the drug law; his name and age were not published.
No outcome of the control de detención hearing before the Temuco guarantee court, and no formalised charge, was reported.
It is not stated where or when the passenger was actually taken into custody, only that an arrest order was obtained after the suitcase was opened.
The account rests on one regional outlet reproducing the PDI version of the procedure; no second source was found.
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