Panama Seizes 2.5 Tons Of Drugs
Panama - Panamanian police and
anti-narcotics forces have seized about us$1 million dollars in cash
and some 2.5 tons of cocaine in the past two days, the country's
Drug Prosecutor's Office said Tuesday.
Anti-narcotics forces seized 2.25 tons of cocaine that traffickers
had buried in a Pacific coast beach in Veraguas province, 250 km
west of Panama City, Prosecutor Jose Abel Almengor said.
In the district of San Miguelito, east of Panama City, anti-drug
officers raided the home of a Mexican national, seizing 200 kg of
cocaine and 1 million dollars in cash.
Another 29 kg of cocaine were found in the facilities of a Free Zone
company in Colon, on the Atlantic coast, 80 km from the capital.
Panama has become a key conduit for drug trafficking, with
Colombians, Mexicans and Panamanians vying for the drug transport
market.
In 2008, the Drug Prosecutor's Office of Panama seized more than 50
tons of drugs.
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