Two held as PDI parcel operation seizes cannabis, ketamine and resin in Viña del Mar
PDI anti-narcotics detectives in San Antonio arrested two people in Viña del Mar and La Cisterna after a controlled delivery of drugs sent by parcel from Santiago, and said they seized five kilograms of cannabis, ketamine and cannabis resin. Both were handed to the guarantee court for a detention-control hearing.
The PDI’s Valparaíso unit said detectives in San Antonio detained two people for
offences under Law 20,000.[1]The operation took place in the communes of Viña
del Mar and La Cisterna.[2]It was coordinated with the criminal-analysis
system (SAC) of the Valparaíso regional prosecutor’s office.[2]
According to the investigation, the drugs had been sent from Santiago by parcel
to Viña del Mar for distribution.[2]After a controlled delivery, detectives
arrested the recipient in Viña del Mar and later the supplier in the
Metropolitan Region.[2]PDI commissioner Rodrigo Guzmán Villegas said the
suspects used parcel transport to supply microtraffickers in other regions of
the country.[2]
The force said it seized five kilograms of drugs — cannabis, ketamine and
cannabis resin — plus equipment used to prepare doses.[2]Both suspects were
handed to the Juzgado de Garantía, Chile’s guarantee court, for a
detention-control hearing.[2]
Panorama Noticioso reported that the court would decide the precautionary
measures based on the evidence presented by the prosecutor’s office.[3]Panorama Noticioso reported that the operation interrupted a supply route
linking the Metropolitan Region with the Valparaíso region and other parts of
the country.[3]
Photos and video
Packages of the drugs seized in the operation, displayed with an 'Evidencia' marker, in the photo published with the Puranoticia report.Photo details
PDI Valparaíso (X)x.comESDetectives Antinarcóticos de #SanAntonio detuvieron a dos personas por infracción a la Ley 20.000
Puranoticia.clpuranoticia.pnt.clESRed narco enviaba drogas por encomienda a Viña del Mar: operativo de la PDI deja dos detenidos y cinco kilos incautados
The reports give no separate date for the operation or the arrests; 11 November 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date.
The five kilograms is a combined figure for cannabis, cannabis resin and ketamine, and no source breaks it down by substance, so no cannabis weight is recorded.
The two detainees are not named and no ages or nationalities were published.
No charges, precautionary measures or court outcome were reported beyond the transfer to the guarantee court for a detention-control hearing.
The accounts reproduce the PDI's statement and no court record or independent reporting of the operation was found.
The sources do not say how many parcels were intercepted or where the drugs were found before the controlled delivery.
The exact addresses of the arrests in Viña del Mar and La Cisterna were not published; the coordinates mark Viña del Mar, not the arrest site.
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