Carabineros of the Tarapacá region reported the arrest of two 17-year-old teenagers with a hand grenade and a plastic pistol while they toured the inns of Alto Hospicio.
As stated 24 hours The incident occurred on Saturday evening after participants in the celebrations themselves notified the uniformed police.
Officers from the 3rd Alto Hospicio Police Station confirmed that they had in their possession these devices, which were tested by the Special Police Operations Group (GOPE), and made available to the State Ministry.
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Meanwhile the public prosecutor Christopher Platero He explained that the preliminary GOPE report found that the grenade “has a yellow seal on the activation fuse, therefore “There would be explosives in there.”.
He also pointed this out The detention of one of the young people is extended by 48 hours to await the final report on the explosives and confirm his identity as “he gave vague information about his parents and did not provide a fixed address.”
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