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Costa Rica: Police seized more than five tons of drugs in 2022

Published on: January 4, 2023
12:34

By: Alina Ramos Martin

San José, Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) The Public Force seized more than five tons of drugs and close to one million dollars in 2022, in arrests linked to drug trafficking, the problem that most affects Costa Rica.

Panama closes 2022 with the seizure of more than 128 tons of drugs

Published on: January 2, 2023
11:58

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Panama City, Jan 2 (Prensa Latina) Panama closed 2022 with the seizure of 128.6 tons of drugs, mostly cocaine, according to a report issued by the Ministry of Security (Minseg).

Iran: Medicines, drugs and peaceful use of nuclear energy

Published on: December 26, 2022
13:04

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Tehran, Dec 26 (Prensa Latina) Solving the access to medicines for a million patients is today one of Iran's priorities with the production of radio-pharmaceuticals, one of the evident peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

New Zealand’s anti-drug laws criticized

Published on: December 1, 2022
10:07

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Wellington, Dec 1 (Prensa Latina) New Zealand's Minister of Health, Andrew Little, said that the country's current anti-drug laws are still far from ideal, and criminalize many behaviors that are possibly permissible.

Panama seizes over 2,100 packages of drugs

Published on: November 13, 2022
12:48

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Panama City, Nov 13 (Prensa Latina) The Public Prosecutor's Office (MP) of Panama today confirmed the seizure of 2,122 packages of cocaine in a sector of the Pacific and the arrest of three foreigners for their links to drug trafficking.

Drugs seized in El Salvador

Published on: October 6, 2022
10:13

By: Alina Ramos Martin

San Salvador, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) The National Civil Police (PNC) reported the seizure of 40 kilograms of drugs in the municipality of Cojutepeque, in the department of Cuscatlán.

Nigeria confiscates record drug cache

Published on: September 20, 2022
09:38

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Abuja, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) The Nigerian anti-drug agency announced the confiscation in this capital of a cocaine stash that it described as a historic record.

Syria foils drug smuggling attempt to Jordan

Published on: September 20, 2022
08:22

By: Luis Linares Petrov

Damascus, Sep 20 (Prensa Latina) Syrian security forces confiscated large quantities of drugs in the province of Deraa, 100 kilometers south of the capital, near the border with Jordan.

Panama seizes more than 86 tons of drugs so far this year

Published on: September 3, 2022
10:41

By: Martin Hacthoun

Panama City, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) Government authorities highlighted today that so far this year more than 86 tons of drugs have been seized in Panama, a figure that could surpass that of 2021.

Activities of drug trafficking network in Panama revealed

Published on: August 29, 2022
10:26

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Panama City, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) Money laundering, drug trafficking to Europe and possession of firearms stand out among the activities of a criminal gang dismantled in Panama as part of Operation Fire.

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