Technology and Organized Crime in the Antofagasta Region: Captured a gang that coordinated cigarette smuggling with satellites

A successful Carabineros operation allowed to dismantle a band dedicated to cigarette smuggling, whose members used high-end technology to coordinate their movements at the border. Among the seized implements were satellite phones, radio transmitters and Starlink portable antennas, which shows the level of organization of the criminal group. The operation left a [...] This article Technology and organized crime in the Antofagasta region: They ca…

High-tech communications implements, such as satellite telephones and Starlink portable antennas, were some of the elements seized by Carabineros personnel, during the arrest of a gang dedicated to cigarette smuggling. Six in total, five Bolivians and one Chilean, were formalized by Antofagasta’s Procuraduría de Análisis y Criminalidad Compleja for the crimes of criminal association and customs smuggling, and were placed in pre-trial detention f…

With the aim of strengthening security and combating organized crime, Carabineros de la Zona de Antofagasta has intensified its operations throughout the region, achieving a new seizure of cigarettes illegally entered the country. The most recent seizure took place on the CH-27 International Route, where staff of the 2nd San Pedro de Atacama Police Station intercepted a truck carrying 1,227 packets of smuggled cigarettes. General Cristian Montre…