More Than 8 Tons Of Cocaine Seized In Massive Colombian Drug Bust
8 years, 10 months ago

More Than 8 Tons Of Cocaine Seized In Massive Colombian Drug Bust

NPR  

More Than 8 Tons Of Cocaine Seized In Massive Colombian Drug Bust Colombian national police seized some 8 tons of cocaine along the country's border with Panama over the weekend. The Colombian Ministry of National Defense posted photos on Twitter of packages of cocaine seized in the bust: Sponsor Message Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos tweeted that the bust is "the biggest seizure of drugs in history." Colombian police released this video via Twitter showing drugs being pulled out of a hiding spot: Still, in the great scheme of things, losing 8 tons of cocaine is not likely to put Colombian gangs out of the cocaine business. Colombia produced 442 metric tons of the drug in 2014, according to a United Nations report released last summer.

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Four Colombians arrested during cocaine lab bust in The Hague
3 weeks ago

Four Colombians arrested during cocaine lab bust in The Hague

NL Times  

Authorities uncovered a drug lab inside a residential home in The Hague on Monday night, leading to the arrest of four Colombian suspects. The lab contained 80 kilograms of cocaine and multiple barrels of chemicals used for drug production, police reports. Upon inspection, officers discovered a block of cocaine inside the car and arrested two men, aged 48 and 49, …

Drug gang used flights from France to drop £4m worth of cocaine in English countryside
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Drug gang used flights from France to drop £4m worth of cocaine in English countryside

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. An investigation led by the Eastern Region Special Operations …

Colombian police catch a man smuggling packets of cocaine under toupee
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Colombian police catch a man smuggling packets of cocaine under toupee

Associated Press  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian police apprehended a 40-year-old man attempting to smuggle several bags of cocaine concealed beneath a meticulously attached toupee. A scanner revealed the hidden cargo: 220 grams of cocaine packaged in small bags, strategically placed under the “narco wig.” Police estimate the street value of the drugs at approximately 10,000 euros in European markets. A police video …

‘Cocaine is illegal because it is made in Latin America, not because it is worse than whiskey’
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Cocaine is illegal because it is made in Latin America, not because it is worse than whiskey’

Firstpost  

Global drug trafficking could be “easily dismantled” if coke was “sold like wine,” said Colombian President Gustavo Petro during a six-hour-long government meeting Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that cocaine is “not worse than whiskey” and that it’s only illegal because it comes from Latin America. “Cocaine is illegal because it is made in Latin America, not because it …

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat
Trending News
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat

CNN  

CNN — Mexican authorities have announced what they say is the largest fentanyl bust in the country’s history, with over a ton of the synthetic opioid seized in two raids in the cartel-ridden northern state of Sinaloa. “It is the largest seizure of fentanyl pills that has ever been made,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday morning during her daily …

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat
Trending News
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat

CNN  

CNN — Mexican authorities have announced what they say is the largest fentanyl bust in the country’s history, with over a ton of the synthetic opioid seized in two raids in the cartel-ridden northern state of Sinaloa. “It is the largest seizure of fentanyl pills that has ever been made,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday morning during her daily …

Australian police arrest 13 in largest cocaine bust in country’s history
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Australian police arrest 13 in largest cocaine bust in country’s history

Al Jazeera  

Australian Federal Police say the 2.3-tonne seizure has a street value of $494m. Australian police have arrested 13 people in what authorities described as the largest-ever cocaine bust in the country’s history. The Australian Federal Police said on Monday that they had charged 11 men and two juveniles after tracking a fishing boat that allegedly travelled to meet a mother …

Six Colombian ‘narco subs’ carrying 1,400 tons of drugs seized on way to Australia
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Six Colombian ‘narco subs’ carrying 1,400 tons of drugs seized on way to Australia

The Independent  

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How undercover cops posing as lorry drivers pulled off Britain's biggest drugs bust EVER after finding two tonnes of cocaine worth £186m hidden in cargo of bananas from Colombia
4 months, 1 week ago

How undercover cops posing as lorry drivers pulled off Britain's biggest drugs bust EVER after finding two tonnes of cocaine worth £186m hidden in cargo of bananas from Colombia

Daily Mail  

Smugglers' record-breaking haul of cocaine valued at £186million and hidden in a banana cargo boat was uncovered in a sting straight out of a Hollywood thriller. Just over 2.3 tonnes of cocaine were secreted in 41 pallets of fruit in Colombia, before being intercepted when arriving at Portsmouth Harbour in February 2021, jurors have been toild Petko Zhutev has been …

Canadian Mounties bust massive drug 'super lab' linked to transnational organized crime
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Canadian Mounties bust massive drug 'super lab' linked to transnational organized crime

The Independent  

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Massive Drug Seizure in Gujarat: 400 kg of Drugs Seized from Factory
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5 months ago

Massive Drug Seizure in Gujarat: 400 kg of Drugs Seized from Factory

Hindustan Times  

Gujarat police have seized 427 kg and 141 gm of methamphetamine (MD) drug from a factory in Ankleshwar industrial area in Bharuch district. The drugs were seized based on inputs from a central intelligence agency about an international narcotic drug cartel smuggling cocaine into Delhi. The consignment also contained 40 kg of hydroponic marijuana, marking the first such seizure in …

Cocaine trade in the rugged Micay Canyon threatens Colombia’s peace efforts
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Cocaine trade in the rugged Micay Canyon threatens Colombia’s peace efforts

Associated Press  

EL PLATEADO, Colombia — El Plateado in the rugged mountains of southwestern Colombia might seem like a typical community in the countryside — until you hear the bursts of machine-gun fire and mortar blasts in the distance. Members of a rebel group that broke away from the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, patrol a road alongside coca …

The nose knows: Border Patrol dog sniffs out 81 pounds of cocaine in Southern California bust
7 months ago

The nose knows: Border Patrol dog sniffs out 81 pounds of cocaine in Southern California bust

LA Times  

A K-9 unit with the San Diego sector of U.S. Customs and Border Protection assisted in the recent seizure of 31 bundles of cocaine, authorities said. The driver of a sport utility vehicle authorities say was carrying more than 80 pounds of cocaine may have gotten away with it if it weren’t for that meddling dog. Around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, …

Biggest ever drugs bust in Paraguay finds cocaine stashed in sugar on way to Europe
8 months, 1 week ago

Biggest ever drugs bust in Paraguay finds cocaine stashed in sugar on way to Europe

The Independent  

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Operation Sweetness: Paraguay finds 4 tons of cocaine stashed in sugar in its biggest drug bust yet
8 months, 1 week ago

Operation Sweetness: Paraguay finds 4 tons of cocaine stashed in sugar in its biggest drug bust yet

Hindustan Times  

ASUNCION, Paraguay — Authorities in Paraguay announced Tuesday the largest cocaine seizure in the country's history, after officials were surprised to find more than 4 tons of the drug stashed inside a shipment of sugar bound for Belgium. Operation Sweetness: Paraguay finds 4 tons of cocaine stashed in sugar in its biggest drug bust yet President Santiago Peña told journalists …

Operation Sweetness: Paraguay finds 4 tons of cocaine stashed in sugar in its biggest drug bust yet
8 months, 1 week ago

Operation Sweetness: Paraguay finds 4 tons of cocaine stashed in sugar in its biggest drug bust yet

Associated Press  

ASUNCION, Paraguay — Authorities in Paraguay announced Tuesday the largest cocaine seizure in the country’s history, after officials were surprised to find more than 4 tons of the drug stashed inside a shipment of sugar bound for Belgium. Agents from Paraguay’s anti-drug agency, Senad, guard sacks of cocaine at the Senad headquarters after the drugs were seized at the port …

Drug shipments to NL almost halved in first half of 2024
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Drug shipments to NL almost halved in first half of 2024

Dutch News  

Drug hauls at sea ports have been falling in the last six months compared to the same period last year thanks to better cooperation, latest customs services figures show. Last year port and airport border police seized almost 60 tonnes of cocaine compared to 51 tonnes the previous year. Customs officials confiscated some 367 kg of heroin in the first …

German investigators seize cocaine worth nearly $2.8 billion, calling it their biggest find ever
9 months, 1 week ago

German investigators seize cocaine worth nearly $2.8 billion, calling it their biggest find ever

LA Times  

North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister of Justice Benjamin Limbach speaks Monday during a press conference in Duesseldorf, Germany, on the record cocaine seizure worth billions in a cross-state raid. German investigators announced Monday that they seized cocaine worth $2.78 billion from several container ships and arrested seven people in what they called the biggest cocaine find in the country. California Record 20 …

Colombia captures its first narco-submarine of the year carrying almost 800 kilos of cocaine
1 year, 2 months ago

Colombia captures its first narco-submarine of the year carrying almost 800 kilos of cocaine

Associated Press  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia has intercepted its first narco-submarine of the year, the navy said Monday, as drug traffickers in the South American country produce record amounts of cocaine destined for Europe and the United States. The 15 meter-long, homemade craft was carrying almost 800 kilograms of cocaine in small packages the size of bricks. Colombia’s government has struggled to …

Sharp drop in seized drugs in 2023-24
1 year, 2 months ago

Sharp drop in seized drugs in 2023-24

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Seizures of high-value narcotics like cocaine and heroin by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in Mumbai and other parts Maharashtra have dropped significantly this financial year compared to earlier years. HT Image Agency sources said most seizures this financial year pertained to smuggling bids by passengers using the air route, often employing unique concealment methods. Most of the drug …

Spain seizes 11 tons of cocaine in shipping containers. Most of the drugs found among frozen tuna
1 year, 3 months ago

Spain seizes 11 tons of cocaine in shipping containers. Most of the drugs found among frozen tuna

The Independent  

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Colombians among 10 arrested at cocaine processing plant near German border
1 year, 3 months ago

Colombians among 10 arrested at cocaine processing plant near German border

NL Times  

Ten suspects were arrested on Wednesday at a cocaine processing plant in Overdinkel, as reported by sources close to the investigation to RTV Oost. The discovery of the cocaine laundry was made by police officers who responded to neighborhood complaints about strange odors in the area, the police reported on Wednesday. We doen op dit moment onderzoek in een pand …

Cocaine set to become Colombia’s top export after surpassing oil: Report
1 year, 6 months ago

Cocaine set to become Colombia’s top export after surpassing oil: Report

Live Mint  

Cocaine is set to become Colombia's main export and overtake oil, according to estimates by Bloomberg Economics. Felipe Henandez, a Bloomberg economist said that oil exports posted a drop of 30% in the first half and the trend of cocaine trade has consistently risen which means it could be Colombia's number one export as soon as this year. In an …

Security in Ecuador comes undone as drug cartels exploit banana industry to ship cocaine
1 year, 6 months ago

Security in Ecuador comes undone as drug cartels exploit banana industry to ship cocaine

ABC  

Men walk through a lush plantation between Ecuador's balmy Pacific coast and its majestic Andes, lopping hundreds of bunches of green bananas from groaning plants twice their height. It is also wedged between the world's largest cocaine producers, Peru and Colombia, and drug traffickers find containers filled with bananas the perfect vehicle to smuggle their product. Authorities on August 25 …

Drug cartels: How cocaine and bananas fuel violence in once-peaceful Ecuador
1 year, 6 months ago

Drug cartels: How cocaine and bananas fuel violence in once-peaceful Ecuador

The Independent  

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Security in Ecuador has come undone as drug cartels exploit the banana industry to ship cocaine
1 year, 6 months ago

Security in Ecuador has come undone as drug cartels exploit the banana industry to ship cocaine

Associated Press  

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — Men walk through a lush plantation between Ecuador ’s balmy Pacific coast and its majestic Andes, lopping hundreds of bunches of green bananas from groaning plants twice their height. It is also wedged between the world’s largest cocaine producers, Peru and Colombia, and drug traffickers find containers filled with bananas the perfect vehicle to smuggle their product. …

€600 million cocaine shipment found at Rotterdam port; largest drug bust ever in NL
1 year, 7 months ago

€600 million cocaine shipment found at Rotterdam port; largest drug bust ever in NL

NL Times  

Customs officials in the port of Rotterdam made the largest drug bust ever in the Netherlands on Thursday. #HARC Lees hier verder:https://t.co/m9vuwC4ifZ pic.twitter.com/nbjzy4kwn1 — Openbaar Ministerie Rotterdam August 10, 2023 The container originated from Ecuador and arrived in Rotterdam via Panama. pic.twitter.com/FaxYDjwLyW — Douane August 10, 2023 Outgoing State Secretary of Financy Aukje de Vries praised the customs and their …

Australia seizes 800kg of cocaine worth $210m from cargo ship
1 year, 9 months ago

Australia seizes 800kg of cocaine worth $210m from cargo ship

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Australian authorities retrieved 29 packages containing numerous one-kilogramme blocks …

Peruvian police seize cocaine bricks wrapped in Nazi insignia
1 year, 9 months ago

Peruvian police seize cocaine bricks wrapped in Nazi insignia

Al Jazeera  

Police found 58kg of cocaine bearing the Nazi flag and imprinted with the name of Germany’s war-time leader Hitler. Peru’s anti-narcotics police have seized 58kg of cocaine headed for Belgium in packages bearing Nazi symbols and imprinted with the name of Germany’s war-time leader Hitler. The Peruvian police’s anti-drug directorate showed videos and photographs to the Associated Press news agency …

‘At least $20m’ worth of cocaine headed for Turkey seized in Peru
1 year, 11 months ago

‘At least $20m’ worth of cocaine headed for Turkey seized in Peru

Al Jazeera  

Police say the drug bust happened at a warehouse at Peru’s biggest port El Callao. Peruvian authorities say they have seized 2.3 tonnes of cocaine disguised as ceramic tiles destined for Turkey via a growing maritime route for illicit drugs. The drug bust took place on Friday at a warehouse at Peru’s biggest port, El Callao, just outside the capital …

Colombia’s once most-wanted drug lord pleads guilty in US
2 years, 1 month ago

Colombia’s once most-wanted drug lord pleads guilty in US

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A Colombian man who was once one of the world’s most-wanted drug lords pleaded guilty Wednesday to U.S. smuggling charges, admitting that he led a cartel and paramilitary group that trafficked in cocaine and deadly violence. “With today’s guilty plea, the bloody reign of the most violent and significant Colombian narcotics trafficker since Pablo Escobar is over,” …

Colombia’s coca crops grew to ‘historic levels’ last year: UN
2 years, 5 months ago

Colombia’s coca crops grew to ‘historic levels’ last year: UN

Al Jazeera  

Cultivation of the plant from which cocaine is made threatens Colombia’s ‘cultural potential, biodiversity’, UN agency says. Colombian lands planted with coca, the plant from which cocaine is made, reached their highest levels in two decades last year, a United Nations agency has said in an annual report. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime said on Thursday that the …

Colombia marijuana: This country calls time on the ‘war on drugs’
2 years, 7 months ago

Colombia marijuana: This country calls time on the ‘war on drugs’

CNN  

Bogotà, Colombia CNN — It’s the home of notorious drug trafficker Pablo Escobar, and the origin of legendary Santa Marta Gold – once the most sought-after varieties of weed in the United States – named after Colombia’s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountain range. Colombia’s law already allows the production of cannabis for medical purposes, mostly to be exported to …

Colombian cocaine worth £40 million found hidden in banana shipment at Essex port
2 years, 7 months ago

Colombian cocaine worth £40 million found hidden in banana shipment at Essex port

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Cocaine worth £40m has been …

US study says cocaine production remains high in Colombia
2 years, 8 months ago

US study says cocaine production remains high in Colombia

Associated Press  

BOGOTA, Colombia — Cocaine production in Colombia remained near record levels in 2021, according to estimates released on Thursday by the White House, raising the stakes for bilateral cooperation between the United States and Colombia’s next administration. In a press release, the U.S. Office of National Drug Control Policy said that last year Colombia produced approximately 972 tons of cocaine, …

Drug smugglers deliver £68 million worth of cocaine to supermarkets by mistake
2 years, 9 months ago

Drug smugglers deliver £68 million worth of cocaine to supermarkets by mistake

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Cocaine worth almost £70m has …

Colombian Police seize 1,300 kilos of cocaine disguised as potatoes; watch video here
2 years, 9 months ago

Colombian Police seize 1,300 kilos of cocaine disguised as potatoes; watch video here

Firstpost  

According to 9News, around 50 people and sniffer dogs worked on the mission. The absence of an expiry date on the packages alarmed officials Police officials in Colombia recently seized more than 1,300 kilos of cocaine disguised as frozen chips and potatoes. Authorities considered it as one of the most unique attempts to dodge law enforcement officials, reported ABC News. …

Police announce three mid-sized cocaine busts, cutting building discovery
3 years ago

Police announce three mid-sized cocaine busts, cutting building discovery

NL Times  

Three mid-sized cocaine busts were announced by the Public Prosecution Service on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Police also arrested eight men working in a cutting building on Friday. An empty container was found at the Port of Rotterdam on March 3, which customs suspected contained drugs. On March 11, police received a tip about a cutting building –– a place …

Ex-top drug cop in Bolivia charged with cocaine trafficking
3 years, 1 month ago

Ex-top drug cop in Bolivia charged with cocaine trafficking

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Instead of rooting out drug trafficking in that country, Dávila-Perez worked in partnership with …

Colombia launches ‘elite force’ to target rebels, drug gangs
4 years ago

Colombia launches ‘elite force’ to target rebels, drug gangs

Al Jazeera  

The new unit consisting of 7,000 personnel will be deployed to border with Venezuela and to drug trafficking hotspots. Colombia on Friday launched a new military unit to target coca crops and cocaine production, illicit mining, and the illegal armed groups who use such activities for financial gain. “The unit was born to hit, repress, and break down the structures …

Colombian military raids labs where guerrilla group produced up to $4B in cocaine
4 years, 1 month ago

Colombian military raids labs where guerrilla group produced up to $4B in cocaine

Daily Mail  

The Colombian military seized two clandestine laboratories where the country's largest guerrilla group generated up to $4 billion in cocaine a year that was then delivered to Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán's old cartel in Mexico. Military soldiers and intelligence agents in Colombia raided on Saturday two secret laboratories located in the jungle in the Pacific state of Nariño, near the …

Police seize nearly a TON of cocaine with £76million street value hidden in shipment of bananas
4 years, 2 months ago

Police seize nearly a TON of cocaine with £76million street value hidden in shipment of bananas

Daily Mail  

Cocaine with a street value of £76 million has been seized after being found in a shipment of bananas at Southampton. The class A drugs were discovered by border officers within a shipping container onboard a ship during a routine inspection. The class A drugs were discovered by border officers within a shipping container onboard a ship during a routine …

Russia in cooperation with US seizes 330kg of cocaine in rare joint operation
4 years, 2 months ago

Russia in cooperation with US seizes 330kg of cocaine in rare joint operation

The Independent  

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Over a tonne of cocaine found hidden in banana pulp shipment at London port
4 years, 3 months ago

Over a tonne of cocaine found hidden in banana pulp shipment at London port

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Branch commander Jacque Beer added: “These were substantial seizures …

US Probe Agency Seizes 1,000 Kg Meth in California in Historic Drug Haul
4 years, 5 months ago

US Probe Agency Seizes 1,000 Kg Meth in California in Historic Drug Haul

News 18  

Federal authorities on Wednesday showed off results of Southern California raids early this month that led to the biggest domestic seizure of methamphetamine in U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration history. “The largest DEA domestic seizure of methamphetamine in history is a significant blow to the cartels, but more importantly it is a gigantic victory for communities throughout Southern California and the …

Cocaine-laden Aircraft Crashes into Mexico Following High Speed Police Chase, Two Dead
4 years, 5 months ago

Cocaine-laden Aircraft Crashes into Mexico Following High Speed Police Chase, Two Dead

News 18  

It’s raining cocaine in Mexico, it seems. A light aircraft carrying almost half a ton of cocaine crashed in central Mexico after a high-speed airborne chase with authorities, and two people aboard died, the defense ministry said on Wednesday. Monday’s crash came less than two weeks after a business jet reported stolen in Mexico crashed in a Guatemalan jungle near …

Dominican Republic narcotic agents seize at least $32.3 million worth of cocaine bound for Europe
4 years, 5 months ago

Dominican Republic narcotic agents seize at least $32.3 million worth of cocaine bound for Europe

Daily Mail  

Narcotic agents have confiscated a massive cocaine shipment inside a shipping container while conducting a routine search at a port in the Dominican Republic. The National Directorate of Drug Control said the drug bust took place Wednesday night at the Multimodal Caucedo Port in Boca Chica. The Dominican Republic's National Directorate of Drug Control announced the seizure of 673 bundles …

Pablo Escobar’s nephew finds $18m of cash hidden in drug lord’s apartment wall
4 years, 6 months ago

Pablo Escobar’s nephew finds $18m of cash hidden in drug lord’s apartment wall

The Independent  

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Police in Italy find shipment of coffee beans stuffed with cocaine
4 years, 8 months ago

Police in Italy find shipment of coffee beans stuffed with cocaine

CNN  

CNN — Police in Italy discovered cocaine stuffed inside individually hollowed-out coffee beans, after opening a parcel addressed to a fictional Mafia boss from a Hollywood movie. Investigators found 130 grams of cocaine in a two kilogram shipment of coffee beans that arrived at Milan’s Malpensa Airport from Colombia, according to a statement from the Guardia di Finanza financial police. …

Video: Costa Rica’s biggest-ever cocaine bust was headed to Netherlands
5 years, 1 month ago

Video: Costa Rica’s biggest-ever cocaine bust was headed to Netherlands

NL Times  

With reporting by Jamie de Geir. The largest drug bust in Costa Rica’s history involved over five thousand kilograms of cocaine destined for The Netherlands. Gracias a efectivo trabajo de la #PCDCR, al hombre que conducía el cabezal donde iba el contenedor con más de 5 toneladas de cocaína, le fueron impuestos tres meses de prisión preventiva. Esta droga se …

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