PANAMA City ( Honduran man Busted with 2.4 tons of Cocaine in his house )

PANAMA CITY – Panama’s National Aeronaval Service, or Senan, seized 2.4 tons of cocaine and arrested a Honduran man in an operation in the Caribbean province of Colon, authorities said Monday.

Senan assistant commissioner Edgar Pino said at a press conference that the anti-drug operation was carried out last Friday in the Punta Ciri sector, where the Honduran citizen was arrested and two speedboats seized.

Pino said that the cocaine was found inside an abandoned house divided into a number of nylon sacks. Also found at the house was an AK-47 assault rifle.

He said that Colon province possesses many rivers and estuaries, which are used to move and hide drugs, and thus authorities have intensified security patrols in that sector.

Meanwhile, the chief anti-drug prosecutor, Ida Mirones, said that the arrested Honduran, who was not identified, was charged with possession of illicit substances, although the investigation into the case is continuing.

So far this year, Senan has seized 8.