Three kilos of various illegal substances were seized, in addition to weapons and cash.
The Investigative Police arrested three people who sold drugs through the Instagram social network in Coronel, Bío Bío Region.
The operation was carried out by the Criminal Investigation Brigade of that commune, who searched two houses in the Nuevo Horizonte sector.
About three kilos were seized at the scene of illicit substances, equivalent to 10,000 doses.
Read Also
- The Government trusts that activity and employment will return to the precovid level before the end of the year Sep 21, 2021
- School, Bianchi: “Green pass for teachers? Those who do not have one do not enter and are suspended” Aug 23, 2021
- Libero De Rienzo died, he was 44 years old and left behind 2 very young children Jul 16, 2021
- What is Hive Social, the new alternative to Twitter? Nov 25, 2022
- William and Kate on the road: Reunion for the British royal family Dec 9, 2020
- Paris: Banners in memory of the victims of feminicides Nov 24, 2022
- Honduran prosecutor Karen Almendares was assassinated: it is the third crime of this type in Latin America in less than a month May 28, 2022
As a result of the procedure three people were arrested: two men and one woman, all of them of legal age and members of the same family group.
The crimes charged are: drug trafficking, and Illegal carrying and possession of firearms and ammunition.
They sold drugs on Instagram
The family group dosed and sold illegal substances to various people in the sector. But not only that: they also offered the drug through Instagram profiles to expand their customer market.
Of the total seized, 7,600 doses correspond to cocaine base strong>, 1,503 to cannabis sativa, 52 doses to cocaine hydrochloride, 951 to ketamine and ecstasy pills.
In addition, they found 22 caliber ammunition, a rifle and a compressed air pistol strong>, several cell phones and 500 thousand pesos in cash.
“From this operation a recovered value was finally obtained, between the drug and the cash, from close 40 million pesos“, said the head of the Coronel Bicrim, sub-prefect Hernán Mora.
The detainees were made available to the Colonel Guarantee Court. None of the defendants has a police record.