(Xinhua) Panamanian police seized 140 kg of cocaine in the port of Cristobal in Colon province, said National Police Director Gustavo Perez on Thursday. The drugs were found inside 28 boxes on a boat en route to Mexico from Colombia, said Perez. He also said there were altogether 15 people on board, including two Panamanian nationals. International drug cartels in … [Read more...]

(Panama Digest) French customs seized 702 kilos of cocaine coming from Panama, the largest amount of cocaine ever seized in the shipping industry, France’s Budget Ministry announced Monday. In January, customs officials found the 605 packets of cocaine hidden in blankets in three containers heading through the northwest port of Le Havre for Belgium.  Estimates put the … [Read more...]

(Panama Digest) Panama will buy four unmanned spy planes to fight drug trafficking along its coasts at a cost of $20 million, not the $16 million originally thought. Minister of Security Alejandro Garuz said that the new aircraft will be purchased from the United States and that they will have radar and night-navigation equipment. Originally, Panama considered renting … [Read more...]

(Midario.com) Another blow to drug trafficking were recorded Monday in the province of Veraguas and the District of Capira (Panama) when the police seized several shipments in two operations. On patrol, officers of National Air Service (Senan) managed to recover a boat with 45 packages of cocaine that was stranded on a rock south of the island Cébaco in the Gulf of … [Read more...]

(Prensa.com) Earlier this week, upon breaking a statue of the Virgin Mary in two, Panamanian police found an unspecified quantity of cocaine from Costa Rica, which was bound for Madrid, Spain, reported an official source. The discovery of illicit drugs inside the religious statue occurred on Tuesday in the storage facility of a freight company, located in the cargo area … [Read more...]