(Prensa.com) Agents from Panamanian Air Naval Service (Senan) seized yesterday a speedboat with 297 kilos of cocaine. They also arrested three Colombians associated with smuggling in Darién province, on Eastern Panama, bordering Colombia, said police sources. According to these sources, the 297 kilos of drug were hidden in ten sacks inside the speedboat specifically … [Read more...]
Cocaine seized at port, 20 arrested
(Prensa.com) Police seized 174.5 kilograms of cocaine and arrested 20 people in an operation carried out at the Port of Coco Solo in Colón Thursday. The drugs, which were destined for Amsterdam, were found inside a container at the port, according to Colón Police Director Bartolomé Agüero. The container was tracked to the Colón Free Zone, where the subsequent … [Read more...]
Report highlights Panama for drug trafficking
(Prensa.com) Panama, Guatemala and Honduras remain the most used countries for trafficking cocaine from South American into Mexico and the United States, U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency officials said Wednesday. The agency said these countries have "porous borders, corruption, and badly equipped police forces without proper training." DEA Chief Thomas Harrigan, testifying … [Read more...]
Panama seizes Learjet, imprisons 2 Houston pilots
(Houston Chronicle) Two Houston-area pilots are imprisoned in Panama after the Learjet they were flying was found to be carrying $2.3 million in cash. The plane is owned by the president of a small Houston oil and gas exploration company who said Thursday that the men have been wrongfully detained, as they didn't know about the money. The money belongs to a passenger who … [Read more...]
Two arrested after drug boat chase in Panama
(Prensa.com) Two men were arrested on Saturday night when members of the National Air-Naval Service (Senan) carried out a high-speed chase after a suspicious boat in the Naranjo River sector, near the community of Puerto Pilón in the district of Cativá (Colón province). The boat crashed and sank, after which officials were able to recover nine bags of illicit drugs that … [Read more...]