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Published on Tuesday, May 10, 2022
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
A U.S.
citizen, surnamed Kjar-Arnbal, was
arrested by the Migration Police due
to an alleged arrest warrant against
him. According
to the brief report issued by the
General Directorate of Migration,
Kjar-Arnbal was detained during a
road surveillance operation that
took place in La
Sabana Canton, San
José. When
Migration officers inspected the
U.S. citizen’s documents they
realized that he had no legal record
of entering the country. In a
more detailed investigation of
Kjar-Arnbal's identity, officers
found that he had an international
arrest warrant issued by the State
of Mississippi for allegedly
committing the crime of selling a
substance known as MDMA, more
commonly known as ecstasy or molly. The
expat also had served a sentence for
an infraction of the Psychotropic
Law in Costa Rica, Migration said.
According
to the U.S. National Institute on
Drug Abuse, MDMA is a synthetic drug
that acts as a stimulant and
hallucinogen. It produces an
energizing effect, distortions in
time and perception, and enhanced
enjoyment from sensory experiences.
It has also been described as an
entactogen, a drug that can increase
self-awareness and empathy. Kjar-Arnbal
was taken to the Immigration
Apprehension Center in San José,
where he must wait for the
extradition process to the United
States to be completed. A
similar case happened recently
when Migration
Police detained another U.S.
citizen, surnamed Prikryl, for
allegedly having no record of
his entry into the country.
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