Moderators Moderator_02 Posted October 20, 2019 Moderators Share Posted October 20, 2019 Quote Police bust group selling e-cigarettes and liquid pot Posted 19/10/2019 National Police units have located and dismantled a criminal organization dedicated to distributing electronic cigarettes with liquid marijuana. Panamanian authorities have been tracking the group for several months to get it out of circulation because according to reports, electronic cigarettes produce health effects a position shared by the Ministry of Health (Minsa), who have launched several campaigns to warn the population, especially young people, to avoid using these types of smoking devices. During a meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO), in Brazil in July this year, a report presented warned that electronic cigarettes are "undoubtedly harmful" and should be regulated. https://www.newsroompanama.com/health/police-bust-group-selling-e-cigarettes-and-liquid-pot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted October 22, 2019 Author Moderators Share Posted October 22, 2019 Quote E-cigarette and marijuana peddlers get 11 and 15 years in plea deal Posted 21/10/2019 Two members of a ring selling electronic cigarettes and liquid marijuana in Panama, with private school students included among customers willing to pay up to $100 have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms. The sentences of 15 years for a Panamanian and 11 years for a Venezuelan woman followed a penalty agreement between the Drug Prosecutor's Office and defense lawyers and were handed down on Sunday, October 20, by Judge of Guarantees of the First Judicial Circuit of Panama, Frank Torres. The defendants were arrested on the weekend in simultaneous operations in Vía Argentina and in the province of Coclé, , for the commercialization of liquid marijuana, for consumption through electronic cigarettes. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/e-cigarette-and-marijuana-peddlers-get-11-and-15-years-in-plea-deal-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 3 minutes ago, Moderator_02 said: sentences of 15 years for a Panamanian and 11 years for a Venezuelan woman Absolutely ridiculous! These sentences far exceed those (7 years) which are routinely handed down for smuggling large amounts of cocaine and heroin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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