He Guarantee Court of Antofagasta decreed the precautionary measure of preventive prison for six defendants, five men and one woman, all of Colombian nationality and with regular immigration status in Chile, who were formalized for the crime of drug traffic.
This criminal organization was dismantled by the Anti-Narcotics Brigade Against Organized Crime (Brianco) as a result of an investigation in conjunction with the Investigative Focus Prosecutor’s Office, in procedures developed in Alto Hospicio and Cerro Navia, where drugs, cash and other objects were seized as evidence.
«The joint investigation with the Public Ministry allowed the seizure of 110 kilos of base paste, 7.4 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride and almost two kilos of marijuanathe seizure of cash and other elements used by the accused to commit the crime,» said the spokesperson for the Regional Prosecutor’s Office, José Troncoso.
As stated during the hearing, the defendants had conditioning a vehicle to transport the substance from the north to the Metropolitan Region, where the police entered a property just when four subjects They extracted from the interior of a tire and the structure of a truck packages with drugs.
Subsequently, the PDI raided a home in Alto Hospicio, where another of the accused was arrested and seized. drug and elements to wrap it, to finally carry out the arrest of the sixth defendant in another home in the same commune and the seizure of drugs and a Large sum of cash hidden in a bed.
The six defendants must comply with the maximum precautionary measure for the duration of the investigation established by the Court in 120 days.