An elderly man was arrested for violating Law 20,000. Following an investigation order due to a complaint about a residence emitting a strong odor of cannabis sativa, Vallenar's SIP personnel requested a search warrant. Upon interviewing the homeowner, he spontaneously admitted to having marijuana plants inside the house.
After the entry order was granted, the officers discovered marijuana in the drying process, as well as containers with marijuana buds and cultivated plants inside the property. As a result, the homeowner, identified by the initials C. G.
D. , a 67-year-old Chilean with no prior police record, was arrested. During the operation, 11 medium-sized containers of marijuana buds weighing a total of 1.
850 kg were seized. Additionally, 38 live plants uprooted from their base, approximately 1. 70 meters tall, 133 plants in the drying process, a Bruni brand pistol, model 92, without a serial number, a Bruni model 92 pistol magazine with 3 blank cartridges, and a total of two million three hundred sixty-five thousand pesos in cash ($2,365,000) were confiscated.