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Costa Rica
Seizes More Than 1.5 Tons of Cocaine
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Costa Rica
Seizes More Than 1.5 Tons of Cocaine
Costa Rican police confiscated more than
1,560 kilos (3,436 lbs) of cocaine found
inside a truck in San Jose and arrested a
Colombian and a Costa Rican as suspects,
Costa Rica’s Security Ministry said Friday.
The drugs were being transported in a truck
that was intercepted by police Thursday on a
road in Colima de Tibas, a district on the
northern outskirts of San Jose, the ministry
said in a statement.
Two men, a Colombian and a Costa Rican who
were traveling inside the vehicle and have
been turned over to prosecutors, were
arrested in the case. They are accused of
international drug trafficking, a crime
punishable in Costa Rica by between eight
and 15 years in prison.
The authorities said the drug seizure was
carried out thanks to an anonymous tip.
Also on Thursday, Costa Rican authorities
seized another shipment containing 837 kilos
(1,843 lbs) of cocaine along the border with
Nicaragua. The drugs had been hidden in a
tanker truck that was transporting ammonia.
Police arrested the driver of the truck,
identified as a 46-year-old Costa Rican man
who was trying to cross the border into
Nicaragua. EFE
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