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90 kilos of cocaine on a dock in Puntarenas

July 8, 2016 by Staff News Writer

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On Wednesday night, officers of the security forces were patrolling around El Carmen neighborhood in Puntarenas, when they saw some suspicious individuals near a dock. Upon arrival, they located 90 kilos of abandoned cocaine.

According to the Ministry of Public Security, a group of officers working on recovery of public spaces in Mora y Cañas park, when they saw strange movements by the side of the estuary. Some subjects were downloading packages from a truck carrying cattle and then they fled in two different vehicles.

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