A total of $920,230 in cash were located by personnel from the Public Ministry and agents of the National Police in the district of Arraiján on Saturday, September 3.

As part of the operation, a citizen of Colombian nationality was apprehended and will be brought before a guarantee judge in the next few hours reports TVN.

 According to the Public Ministry, the detainee maintained a precautionary measure for another reason.

The cash was hidden in two parts: in the false bottom of a vehicle that was in a house in the Vista Alegre sector and another sum inside the detainee's home.

At a press conference, the authorities confirmed that the money is related to organized crime and charges will be filed for the crimes of money laundering and alteration of a vehicle.