A truck loaded with 501.690 cigarette packs and another heavy transport vehicle with 127 bottles of ketamine fThey were intercepted at the Colchane border complex thanks to the use of the Customs scanner truck, the Chilean National Customs Service reported today (12.02.2026).
La Regional Director (acting) of the Iquique Customs Office, Claudia Rojas EscobarShe highlighted the profiling and document analysis work that allowed them to raise alerts about the inspected vehicles. “The first truck arrived sealed, and its documentation indicated it contained 24 kilos of ulexite; however, several parameters triggered a special inspection of the truck scanner,” the director stated, adding that “the same logic was applied to the inspection of the second truck, which was transporting liquid ketamine hidden within the cab walls.”
After applying non-invasive technology, all doubts were confirmed and the images exposed the smuggling. first truckThe inspectors found 211.010 packs of GIFT brand cigarettes, 247.180 of the Eight brand and 43.500 Carnival, with a customs value of US$ 1.533.116 and a tax evasion of $ 1.386.765.552 pesos.
Meanwhile, in a second truckAlso of Bolivian origin and destined for Iquique, a total of 127 glass bottles containing 100 ml each of liquid ketamine were found in a false bottom of the cabin.
The drivers were charged with smuggling prohibited imported goods, and all their records were turned over to the Public Prosecutor's Office for prosecution. In the case of the ketamine, the charge of drug trafficking was added, and the driver was remanded in custody.
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