10 Cops Arrested on Drug Charges
Costa Rica’s Policía Control de Drogas (PCD)
- Drug Control Police - arrested
10 officers from different police agencies
and of various ranks on charges that they
aided Colombian drug traffickers, the
ministerio de Seguridad confirmed.
The PCD also arrested three Colombians
allegedly involved in drug smuggling along
the Pacific coast, a ministry spokesman told
EFE.
Among the officers detained were the former
head of the anti-drug program in the central
Pacific region and a precinct chief who
allegedly helped unload drugs from boats.
The officers helped unload speedboats that
arrived from Colombia, ensured that the
drugs made it to a warehouse in the Central
Valley, warned drug traffickers of anti-drug
operations and tipped them off as to the
areas under surveillance by police, the PCD
said.
The investigation of the officers started
several months ago, following several
cocaine seizures, the Security Ministry
said.
Police have made three seizures, totaling
more than 2.5 tons of cocaine, since July,
officials said, adding that the drugs were
linked to the suspects in this case. |
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