From doses of the powerful painkiller tramadol to vitamins, the alleged first aid kit of a Bolivian truck driver was found by inspectors of the National Customs Service in the Ollagüe border outpost, located in the Antofagasta Region in Chile. In total, they seized 795 products that were intended to be taken to Calama for illegal sale.
El Regional Director of the Antofagasta Customs, Francisco Romero Papasideris, He explained that international travelers can bring medications into the country in quantities appropriate to their needs and length of stay in the country, which are freely available or have a medical prescription.
Romero added that "in this case it is clear that they were not for personal use and the carrier indicated that he had to deliver them to a supposed doctor in Calama. In addition He used a plastic box with a sticker that said First Aid Kit as a method of concealment, therefore, we are facing smuggling and all the products were seized due to the danger they pose to the community."
The first aid kit used by the truck driver to hide the merchandise. Photo: Chilean Customs
Among the numerous species, the large presence of ampoule doses of powerful painkillers and other remedies stood out, which, although they were labeled, They lack any support or permission from the health authorities in our country.
Thus, among the 795 products, were found 2 ml ampoules of tramadol and 3 ml muxatil, 10 bottles of Cefotaxime powder, 10 ampoules of injectable keterolac of 30 mg, 20 doses of chlorphenamine of 10 mg, 10 furosemide, 7 probes, 30 catheters, 40 scalpels, 10 meters of surgical gauze, 20 Metamizole pills, 100 Nerobion pills, 100 Diclofenac pills of 100 mg and 200 Dexomethasone pills, among others.
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