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Staff of the OS7 of Carabineros, in coordination with the Public Ministry, managed to arrest a person for trying to enter 631 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride to the Metropolitan region, which in turn had entered Chile from Bolivia through the Colchane pass.
It’s about the “Operation Fallen Bishop“An international investigation that ended with the individual of Bolivian nationality apprehended in the northern part of the capital.
The individual transported the 631 kilos of drugs in a refrigerated truck that entered the country on December 21 and had a double bottom, which was detected by police scanning cameras. In total, the drug was valued at $ 12,623 million and it is equivalent to 1,262,306 doses, which would be marketed during the end of the year holidays.
The capture of the man identified as Víctor Torrez Flores (41) was achieved after 21 hours of follow-up from the border crossing to the northern entrance of the Metropolitan region, which was carried out by land and also with drone teams.
The Tamarugal Prosecutor’s Office, after the detection of the illegal substances, authorized a controlled delivery in the capital.
Interior Minister Rodrigo Delgado stressed the importance of supporting the initiative announced yesterday by President Sebastián Piñera to combat the organized crime, to combat drug trafficking.
For his part, the general director of the Carabineros, Ricardo Yáñez; and the director of the Drug Trafficking Unit of the Public Ministry, Luis Toledo, stressed that the drug found was from high purity and they highlighted the coordinated work between both institutions to detect the drug.
The apprehended has already been formalized and preventive prison. The investigation period was set at 120 days.
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