Panama Seizes 2.7 Tons of Cocaine
PANAMA CITY – Panama’s National Aeronaval
Service, known as Senan, seized 2.7 tons of cocaine in an operation conducted
along the Caribbean coast, authorities said Monday.
Senan deputy commissioner Edgar Pino said at a press conference that the shipment was found last Saturday on a speedboat which ran aground in the Indian sector of Boca Diablo after a pursuit.
Pino said that five people were on board the boat, but they fled into the thick jungle in the region, which lies near the Colombian border.
On May 20, Senan reported the seizure of 2.4 tons of cocaine and the arrest of a Honduran citizen.
According to the service, during the first 4½ months of this year more than 10 tons of illicit substances have been seized by Panamanian law enforcement. EFE
PANAMA CITY – Panama’s National Aeronaval
Service, known as Senan, seized 2.7 tons of cocaine in an operation conducted
along the Caribbean coast, authorities said Monday.Senan deputy commissioner Edgar Pino said at a press conference that the shipment was found last Saturday on a speedboat which ran aground in the Indian sector of Boca Diablo after a pursuit.
Pino said that five people were on board the boat, but they fled into the thick jungle in the region, which lies near the Colombian border.
On May 20, Senan reported the seizure of 2.4 tons of cocaine and the arrest of a Honduran citizen.
According to the service, during the first 4½ months of this year more than 10 tons of illicit substances have been seized by Panamanian law enforcement. EFE
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