A foreign student was hiding more than $50 million (US$73.000) worth of ecstasy on his body when he was intercepted by inspectors from the Chilean National Customs Service when he tried to enter through the Ollagüe border crossing, northeast of Antofagasta.
Coordinated management
The Regional Director of the Antofagasta Customs, Romero Papasideris, He explained that based on risk profiles, customs inspectors interviewed the Bolivian student and inspected his belongings, finding that he was hiding 2.987 blue pills in his underwear.The pills were subjected to a field test and tested positive for Ecstasy, so the Public Prosecutor's Office was notified of the situation and the drug, along with the accused and the evidence, were handed over to the Investigative Police.".
The coordinator of Border Complexes of the province of El Loa, Rodolfo Carus, He highlighted “the coordinated work carried out at the border crossings in our province, which has allowed, as in this case, a new drug seizure to be made. On this occasion, there are nearly three thousand doses of ecstasy that were taken out of circulation, that is, we have prevented that many times that people attempt against their integrity.".
The Governor of El Loa, Maria Bernarda Jopia, said that “cAs the Government of President Sebastián Piñera, we have clear objectives in this matter, which are to always remain alert and work as a team so that people do not believe that our borders are vulnerable. We are here and we will continue to fight against traffickers and all those who want to undermine the security of our citizens.".
The Head of the Anti-Narcotics Brigade of the PDI, Commissioner Vicente Villegas, highlighted the work of Customs and the coordination between all services. He added that the detention of the accused was carried out in the Guarantee Court of Calama and the court decreed the legal detention, establishing the precautionary measure of preventive detention for the 90 days that were set as the investigation period.
The seized drugs weighed 1 kilo 170 grams and their commercial value on the illicit market could exceed $50 million (US$73.000).
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