21,233 Arrested For Drug
Trafficking in 2007
A total of 21,233 people
were arrested for
involvement in drug
trafficking in 2007, a
report by Costa Rican
drug control authorities
said Tuesday.
An average of 63 people
were arrested daily from
January 1 to December 5
in 2007 for violating
the Narcotics Law, said
the report.
However, 95 percent of
the arrestees were
seized with very small
amounts of drugs and it
was hard to determine if
they were for personal
use or for sale.
Only 374 people (280
Costa Ricans and 94
foreigners) were found
guilty of distributing
and selling drugs.
The police received 176
phone calls with
information on the
activities of drug
dealers, said an
official of the
Policía Control de
Drogas (PCD).
"I believe the best
intelligence work is
done by common citizen,"
said the official. |
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