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3 foreigners arrested with 200 kilos of cocaine in Banano River

August 23, 2016 by Staff News Writer

This weekend, in Westphalia (Limón), coastguards and Air surveillance gave a new blow to drug trafficking by intercepting a boat with foreigners who were transferring 8 packages with 25 kilos of cocaine each.

The boat was carrying two Colombians named Morales (31), Moreno (40) and a Honduran man named Gómez (35). None of them had criminal records.

Drugs and cash were seized, both in dollars and Colombian pesos, as well as a communication radio.

crhoy.com

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