They Just Wanted To
Buy Bananas But End Up
In Jail
Two men caught with
us$372,000 (¢186 million
colones) in cash near
the Costa Rica-Panama
border told police that
they just wanted to buy
some bananas.
Police said the two
appeared to be nervous
after their car was
stopped over the
weekend. Officials
searched the vehicle and
found the cash in a
briefcase.
Police commander Freddy
Hernandez said in a
statement Monday that
the men told officials
they were banana
brokers.
But police are holding
them on possible money
laundering charges.
The detention of the two
men - a Costa Rican
identified by his last
name Hernández Mora and
a Nicaraguan Alvarez
Lanza, occurred in
Sixaola de Limón
Police say the bulk of
the cash was in us$100
bills and now the cash
and the vehicle is in
the hands of authorities
and the men are being
held in preventive
detention while
authorities of the
Fiscalía de Bribrí, in
Limón, investigate
Bananas cost about
us$1.65 a pound in Costa
Rica.
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