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"Gringo" With us$2 Million
Detained
Last night, an American
identified only by his last
name, Graham, was being
transferred from a luxurious
hotel in Herradura to the OIJ
cells in Puntarenas, along with
us$2 million dollars confiscated
by the judicial authorities.
Immigration records show that
the man had been in the country
for the last three months and
was wanted by the Ministerio
Público section that specializes
in money laundering. The
majority of the money was in
small cartridges inside of
suitcases, police said.
Graham, apparently, arrived at
the luxurious hotel in Los
Sueños, on June 26 accompanied
by three bodyguards. However,
when police knocked down his
door at 4pm yesterday, to the
surprise of police, he was
alone.
"Thanks God you are here. I am
tire of hiding", the man was
said to have expressed to police
when they arrived in full bullet
proof armour, as police believed
the man to be heavily armed.
Police found only a 9mm handgun.
The foreigner will be
transferred today or tomorrow to
the Organismo de Investigación
Judicial (OIJ) cells in San José
where he will be presented
before a judge for formal
charges and preventative
detention.
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