The inspectors of the National Customs Service of Chile found two modified revolvers, 97 ammunition y 4 kilos 726 dPlease intervene to four passengers from a bus that was moving from Calama to Coquimbo (north). The detection was recorded in the special surveillance perimeter of Garita La Negra, south of Antofagasta, a statement said.
The Regional Director of the Antofagasta Customs, Francisco Romero Papasideris, explained that the specialized teams of the Customs Drug Unit have set up a special surveillance program at different control points. In this way, the official added: “A series of seizures were achieved, the most recent ones involving four men of Bolivian nationality, who were caught with weapons and drugs.”
Indeed, when controlling an interprovincial bus that left Calama bound for Coquimbo and Santiago, the inspectors selected the passengers based on risk profiles, who hid 1 kilo 650 grams and 1 kilo 703 grams, respectively, of cocaine paste in the insoles of their shoes.
After that, the bricklayer from Cochabamba was interviewed and it was found that he was carrying 214 grams of cocaine hydrochloride in his shoes and another 376 grams of the same substance inside a container.
The student was finally arrested and was found carrying 619 grams of cocaine hydrochloride in his shoes and another 164 grams in his clothes. He was also hiding two blank-firing revolvers specially modified to use ballistic projectiles and two boxes with 97 .22-calibre Remington rounds in his trousers.
All the accused, along with the evidence, were handed over to the police for safekeeping and transfer, according to a statement from Customs.
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