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Canadian Arrested For Drug
Smuggling
A 29 year old Canadian woman was
arrested by the Policía de
Control de Drogas (PCD) at the
Juan Santamaría airport in San
José when it was discovered that
she was hiding drugs - heroin
and cocaine - in her travel
bags.
The woman identified only by her
last name, Haehnel, was
travelling with her 11 year old
son when she was stopped by the
PCD agents.
According to the PCD, the woman
had 1.086 grams of heroin and
2.239 grams of cocaine hidden in
her suitcases.
The woman was travelling from
Panama to Canada with a stop in
Costa Rica according to a
spokesperson for Ministerio de
Seguridad Pública, which also
added that the woman's child
will be in the hands of the
Canadian Embassy who will
contact the boy's family and
arrange for his return home.
Thousands of kilos of cocaine
have been confiscated by police
this year, however, this is only
the fourth instance of seizure
of heroin.
If found guilty, drug
traffickers face a conviction of
20 years in prison.
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