(Prensa.com) The authorities of Panama this morning seized 2217 kilos of cocaine in the province of Colon on the Atlantic coast of Panama, said the National Naval Service (Senan). The large cargo was discovered in the framework of a monitoring operation when he was carried by four Colombians in a speedboat 45 feet long in an area of beach known as Cocle del Norte. The … [Read more...]
Panama installs 19 radars to stem drug trafficking
(AP) — Panama is installing a radar system along its coastline to alert it and three other countries, including the United States, of drug trafficking activity. Panama's Public Safety Ministry says the Central American country has purchased 19 radars and began installing them this month. U.S. officials will train Panamanian police to operate the system which will generate … [Read more...]
Panama Police seize drugs in Coronado and Paso Canoas
(Midiaro.com) The narco traffickers received blows yesterday in Coronado and Paso Canoas, Chiriqui, respectively. In Chame, the National Police seized 207 kilos of cocaine and arrested two Guatemalans, and Chiriqui, two bags of suspected drugs and arrested a Mexican. in Chame Drugs seized in Chame was inside a home in Coronado. The house had been rented to Guatemalans, … [Read more...]
Largest shipment of heroin seized in Panama in a decade
(Prensa.com) Police narcotics agents seized 639 kilograms of National pure heroin, the largest cargo found in recent decades in this country, today confirmed the first fiscal Drug Javier Caraballo. Caraballo said that the seizure occurred in the Jobe community in the Caribbean province of Colon, in an operation in which three people were arrested. In the coastal area, the … [Read more...]
Panama Seizes 3 Tons Liquid Cocaine
Panama's navy seized over three tons of liquid cocaine after intercepting a ship off the Atlantic coast. Authorities arrested one Colombian and one Spanish national. The ship, bearing a U.S. flag, had set off from Cartagena, on Colombia's Caribbean coast, and was bound for Honduras, reported EFE. It was intercepted in the sea close to the Panamanian province of … [Read more...]