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On July 25 the ship was
intercepted while sailing
in the South Pacific.
/ Judicial Investigation
Organization courtesy photo.
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U.S.
Coast Guard helps with the
arrest
of a ship and more than 600
kilos of cocaine
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The United States Coast Guard
helped to the Costa Rican Coast
Guard and the Directorate of
Intelligence and National
Security, in stopping a boat
shipping more than 600 kilos of
cocaine.
According to the report of the
Judicial Investigation
Organization, four Costa Rican
men were arrested. "The
suspect's ages are between 20 to
30. They have no previous
criminal record", said the
agents in its report.
The police have not yet released
the names of the suspects, who
were taken to the cells of the
Public Ministry. Where they must
wait until a judge orders
pre-trial measures against them.
According to the agents' report,
on July 25 the ship was
intercepted while sailing in the
South Pacific. It was then
escorted to the port in Golfito*
in the province of Puntarenas.
This is the second case where
the police have apprehended
suspects accused of a crime
related to cocaine cargo.
On July 30, A.M. Costa Rica
reported, police officers of La Cruz*
in the province of Guanacaste,
arrested two men suspected of
trafficking 60 kilos of cocaine.
According to the police report,
during a routine patrol in
Papaturro Beach in Guanacaste,
on-duty officers randomly
requested cars to stop. One car
did not obey the order to stop
and the driver performed a risky
maneuver to escape the police.
The officers proceeded to "alert
other police units to find the
car. It had been dumped near
Papaturro Beach. There was a
large bag inside the car," said
the police in its report.
In coordination with the Drug
Control Police and the Border
Police, the car was searched.
Found inside were two other
large bags containing 60
packages of drugs and two
firearms.
Police then, found two men who
were identified by officers as
the two occupants of the
vehicle, one surnamed
Bovadilla-Vials, 32-years-old
and the second surnamed
Duarte-Cajina, 26-years-old.
The second man, Duarte-Cajina
has a criminal record for
international drug trafficking,
violation of the Migration Law
and illicit trafficking of
persons, said the police in its
report.
In addition to the detention of
the two men, the police seized
60 packages of cocaine, each
weighing approximately one
kilogram, two firearms, a loader
with 13 ammunitions, $395 and
880 córdobas, Colombian currency
in cash, police reported.
Both men were taken into custody
by the Public Ministry where
they must remain in custody
until a judge orders pre-trial
measures against them.
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What should the government do to
prevent the transportation of
drugs in the maritime zone of
the country? We
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