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Authorities found more than two tons of cocaine in boats in Punta Burica

February 28, 2018 by Staff News Writer

The police authorities recently managed to confiscate two major lots of cocaine through the South Block promoted by Costa Rica, where Colombia, Ecuador and Panama participate, and which favors the joint patrol agreement with the United States.

On Tuesday, the five suspects arrived in the country with approximately one thousand packs of cocaine each, 188 miles from Punta Burica. These people came in the boat Cherokee II, registration PQ-8824, which was used for artisanal fishing.

The Costa Rican men are named Bonilla (no record), Romero (no record), Mena (no record), Bonilla (no record) and Bonilla (with a record for disobedience to the authority).

In the second case, a boat was stopped with three crew members, all Costa Ricans on board. The ship was stopped 114 nautical miles from Punta Burica, southwest of the entrance to Golfo Dulce and in the country with 1060 packages of hydrochloride of cocaine in a boat named Capitan Andrey II, registration PG-9555.

crhoy.com

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  3. Cocaine confiscations reached historical figures
  4. Authorities seized 15 tons of cocaine in the first half of the year
  5. Costa Rica has seized more than 23 tons of cocaine in 2016
  6. Canada seizes 1.3 tons of cocaine on Central American coasts

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