Six detained in Valdivia raid; 84.2 grams of cannabis seized
Chile's investigative police and Los Ríos prosecutors detained six people in Valdivia on 13 October 2026 and dismantled a drug ring that stored and sold drugs in the city and Máfil. Detectives seized 84.2 grams of cannabis, about 2.8 kg of cocaine, ammunition and a vehicle; four of the six were taken to a detention hearing and two were released.
Chile’s investigative police, the PDI, detained six people in the Población
Norte Grande, a neighbourhood of Valdivia, on 13 October 2026 and dismantled a
group that stored, bulked up and distributed drugs there.[1]The six were
three men and three women, one of them a 15-year-old girl, all of them Chilean.[1]One of those detained, according to the investigation, received drugs and
sold them in small quantities in the commune of Máfil.[1]Four were to be
brought before the Juzgado de Garantía de Valdivia, the city’s guarantee court,
for a detention hearing.[2]The 15-year-old girl and another woman were
released on the prosecutor’s instructions.[1]
Detectives seized84.2 grams of cannabis, 2 kg49.88 g of cocaine base and
765.49 g of cocaine hydrochloride.[1]They also seized seven mobile phones, a
vehicle, two scales, chemicals used to bulk up the drugs, two 9 mm cartridges
and a pistol magazine.[1]Police valued the drugs and seized items at more
than 40 million Chilean pesos.[3]
The head of the Valdivia anti-drug brigade, subprefect Gabriel Cornejo, said the
group’s members had separate roles in storing, bulking up and selling the drugs.[1]The investigation was directed by the Los Ríos regional prosecutor’s office
through its SAC-ECOH criminal analysis unit.[2]
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Bags of seized drugs and other items laid out with a PDI EVIDENCIA card after the operation in Valdivia. Photo: Pauta Los Ríos.Photo details
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No report gives a separate date for the operation; 13 October 2026 is the publication date of the earliest account, so the raid may have taken place on or before that day.
No charges, formalisation or court decision for the four detainees is reported.
The 40 million peso valuation covers all the drugs and seized items, not the cannabis alone.
Pauta Los Ríos published its account on 19 October 2026, six days after the earliest report, and gives no cannabis weight; the 84.2-gram figure comes from Noticias Los Ríos and Paislobo.
A second Pauta Los Ríos page on the same operation carries an uncaptioned WhatsApp video that could not be identified, so it is not listed as media.
Detectives of the PDI's MT-0 team in Parral arrested a man and a woman after searching three properties where, police said, drugs were sold. Officers seized 1,632.59 grams of cannabis and 3.82 grams of cocaína base; the man was charged with trafficking and held in pre-trial detention, while the woman was charged with microtráfico.
PDI detectives of the Modelo Territorial Cero team raided four properties in the Población Carol Urzúa, Puente Alto, detaining seven people, three of them linked to a family group called Los Chócolos. Officers seized cocaine, ketamine, cannabis and controlled medicines together, without publishing a separate cannabis weight.
Carabineros officers and the Maipú prosecutor's office raided a home used as a retail drug sales point in Población Los Héroes, Maipú, and detained two people. Officers seized 600 grams of marijuana along with coca paste, cocaine hydrochloride, 122,000 pesos in cash and a loaded firearm magazine.
PDI detectives raided three homes in Cerro Navia, Estación Central and Renca on 4 November 2026 and detained four people in an inquiry into ammunition sold to criminal groups. The main suspect was charged with ammunition and drug trafficking, and all four were ordered into pretrial detention.
