Moderators Moderator_02 Posted July 28, 2019 Moderators Share Posted July 28, 2019 Quote Border cops seize .five smugglers, over $100 million cocaine Posted 27/07/2019 Panama’s National Aeronaval Service (Senan) has seized 161 bags containing, 3,989 packets of cocaine worth over $100 million in North America, more if they were destined for the European market. The confiscation of the nearly four tons shipment, after a high-speed chase, in the Martina area of the Caribbean represents a major blow to drug smugglers say authorities. Five Colombian citizens threw the bags into the sea said the Senan director of Operations. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/border-cops-seize-five-smugglers-over-100-million-cocaine-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted July 30, 2019 Moderators Share Posted July 30, 2019 Quote La Chorrera raid lifts weekend cocaine seizure to seven tons COCAINE haul worth $70 million in the US Posted 29/07/2019 Narco-traffickers rook another hard hit on Sunday when over three tons of cocaine was seized by the National Aeronaval Service (Senan) off La Chorrera bringing the weekend tally to 7 tons The drugs were aboard two 25-foot high-speed boats fitted with 200 hp engines that were intercepted between Puerto Caimito and Playa Leona carrying 94 sacks containing 2,805 packages totaling three tons and with a value of $70 million in the US. The latest haul follows the capture of four tons of drugs off Isla Grande on the Atlantic coast on Saturday. Both seizures were part of Operation 001 Uniendo Fuerza. Senan Commissioner Eliécer Cárdenas confirmed the arrest of traffickers and said that investigations were underway in Panama West to trace links. Cárdenas reported that they have already confiscated more than 8 tons of drugs in July. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/la-chorrera-raid-lifts-weekend-cocaine-seizure-to-seven-tons-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted August 5, 2019 Moderators Share Posted August 5, 2019 Quote Panama border force seizes another 4.5 tons of cocaine. Multi-million dollar capture Posted 04/08/2019 Panama authorities capped a week of major drug hauls with the seizure of over 4.5 tons of cocaine in the Caribbean on Saturday, August 3 by border protection personnel (Senafront) A statement said that the drug was transported in vessel manned by five Colombians. citizens. The Colombian navy authorities alerted Senafront , that the launch was moving towards Central America at high speed. According to the report when the crew noticed the presence of a Seafront unit they threw more than 90 packages of drugs into the sea but they were intercepted and arrested.. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama-border-force-seizes-another-45-tons-of-cocaine-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted September 22, 2019 Moderators Share Posted September 22, 2019 Quote Ton of cocaine seized in mangrove grove Posted 21/09/2019 Panama’s National Aeronaval Service (Senan) seized a ton of cocaine in 1,998 packages on the coast of the Tonosí Valley, in Los Santos on Saturday, September 1. Enso Castillo, head of the fourth region of the Senan, said they located three stashes in underground caves in a mangrove area at the mouth of the Tonosí River, near Bucaro and five kilometers from Puerto Vapor. So far this year, the security body has seized about 29 tons of drugs, mainly cocaine, in 50 operations on the Caribbean and Pacific coasts. The lastest seizure came a day after 26 tons of drugs were incinerated in one of the largest destruction operations in recent years https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/ton-of-cocaine-seized-in-mangrove-grove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted September 28, 2019 Moderators Share Posted September 28, 2019 Quote 1,531 drug packs seized from submarine Posted 27/09/2019 A total of 1,531 packages of drugs transported on a submarine were seized by the National Police tactical unit of the of Anti-Drug Operations (UTOA) off the coast of Veracruz on Thursday, September 26. The drugs were distributed in 55 sacks. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/1531-drug-packs-seized-from-submarine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted October 22, 2019 Moderators Share Posted October 22, 2019 Quote Drug traffickers take big weekend hit Posted 21/10/2019 Units of the National Aeronaval Service (Senan) in a “United Forces” operation on the weekend seized over three tons of drugs in Costa Abajo in Colon province. three Colombians and one Honduran were arrested. The confiscation raises seizures of drugs by SENAN this year to more than 20 tons. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/drug-traffickers-take-big-weekend-hit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted November 5, 2019 Moderators Share Posted November 5, 2019 Quote Aeronaval units seize almost two tons of drugs Posted 04/11/2019 A boat off the coast of Los Santos carrying 2,001 packets of drugs totaling almost two tons was seized by units of The National Aeronaval Service (Senan) on Monday, November 4. Enso Castillo, head of the fourth region of the Senan, said that the boat was located south of Punta Mala, coast of the Pedasí district. Castillo said that two citizens of Costa Rican nationality were apprehended. It is the second major seizure in the area in the last week, and a recent triple homicide in Herrera is believed to be linked to the first. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/aeronaval-units-seize-almost-two-tons-of-drugs-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted November 8, 2019 Moderators Share Posted November 8, 2019 Quote Aeronaval Service makes fourth major drug seizure in a month Posted 07/11/2019 The National Aeronaval Service (Senan) has confirmed the seizure pf another 2,488 packages of drugs off the coast of Punta Mala, in the Pedasí district of Los Santos province Enzon Castillo, head of the Fourth Senan region said that a patrol on the coast of the Santeño Pacific a boat was intercepted. Three Costa Ricans were apprehended, the Delegate Prosecutor for Drugs of Herrera and Los Santos has already begun an investigation. This is the second shipment of drugs seized in less than a week on the coast of Pedasí and the fourth seizure in less than a month in the area. The first was 1,298 kilos of cocaine, on the coast of El Valle de Tonosí, while the second was east of the coast of Punta Mala, when 1,200 packages of drugs were seized. On November 3, a thousand packages of drugs were seized also south of Punta Mala https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/aeronaval-service-makes-fourth-major-drug-seizure-in-a-month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted November 24, 2019 Moderators Share Posted November 24, 2019 Quote Latest drug seizures bring year total to 48 tons Posted 23/11/2019 Drug prosecutors in Colón and Guna Yala, together with units of the National Aeronaval Service (Senafront) and the National Border Service (Senan), seized 1,700 packages of illicit substance from a boat near Isla Tigre, in the Guna Yala region on Friday adding to record interceptions this year So far some 22 tons of drugs have been seized in the Panamanian Caribbean, and a total of 48 tons have been retained throughout the national territory, security agencies said during a press conference in Cocolí. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/latest-drug-seizures-bring-year-total-to-48-tons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted December 4, 2019 Moderators Share Posted December 4, 2019 Quote Semi-submersible seized with multi-million dollar cocaine cargo Cocaine sub Units of the National Air Service (Senan) have seized a 50 ft semi-submersible loaded with 1,234 packages of cocaine with a street value of multi-millions of dollars off Punta Burica on the western Pacific coast of Chile. José Hernández, commissioner and head of the first Aeronaval region said that important seizure took place through patrolling and control of marine traffic between Panama and Costa Rica. "This is an LPB vessel, a low-profile (semi-submersible) vessel 50 feet long and four feet wide in an artisanal structure which seeks to minimize its presence and be undetectable," said Commissioner Hernandez He indicated that it is an artisanal structure that its manufacture tries to minimize its presence and be undetectable by naval and aerial means. According to the authorities' report, the first seizure in Panama where a semi-submersible is achieved, with the illicit substance and the crew on board Diana Callende the first superior prosecutor, said that it is a new vessel with a strategy not to be detectable, but it is a crime of international traffic with a penalty from 10 to 15 years During this operation, the three foreign citizens, two Colombians and an Ecuadorian were placed under the orders of the Drug Prosecutor's Office in the province of Chiriquí. The vessel was taken to the base of the Senan in Puerto Pedregal in Chiriquí. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/semi-submersible-seized-with-multi-million-dollar-cocaine-cargo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Woolford Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 46 minutes ago, Moderator_02 said: Punta Burica on the western Pacific coast of Chile. Newsroom Panama makes little or no effort to be factual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundageba Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Proof reader maybe had too much fiesta booze under the belt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted December 29, 2019 Moderators Share Posted December 29, 2019 Quote Aeronaval Service member caught with five drug [packs Posted 28/12/2019 After a record-breaking year in which security forces seized thousands of kilos of drugs and arrested dozens of narco-traffickers, members member of the National Aeronaval Service (Senan), one of their own on Saturday, December 28 when they found five packages of drugs in a car driven by a uniformed member. The Anti-Drug Directorate (DNA), was responsible for conducting the search and found the drugs in the plastic-lined dashThe uniformed man was accompanied by his wife at the time of the incident, so both are under the orders of the Prosecutor's Office Specialized in Drug-Related Crimes inChiriquí and Bocas del Toro. In a statement, the Senan indicated that it will provide the corresponding collaboration, with both to the Public Ministry and the National Police, in required investigations. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/aeronaval-service-member-caught-with-five-drug-packs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 4, 2020 Moderators Share Posted January 4, 2020 Quote $257,000 cash seized in drug raid Posted 03/01/2020 Staff of the Drug Prosecutor's Office, who led a morning drug raid with National Police on a house in Villa Graciela, Pedregal on Friday December 3 seized two suitcases containing $257,672 in cash. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/257000-cash-seized-in-drug-raid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 8, 2020 Moderators Share Posted January 8, 2020 On 1/4/2020 at 7:41 AM, Moderator_02 said: https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/257000-cash-seized-in-drug-raid Quote $257,000 cash haul buys 5 years jail time Posted 07/01/2020 Two people found with $257,672.36 stuffed in two suitcases and a piggy bank on January 3 are behind bars following a court appearance and a plea deal on Monday, January 7. Alberto McPhee and Gisela Rodríguez Martínez were sentenced to 60 months in prison through a penalty agreement for money laundering, at the request of the Drug Prosecutor's Office. The conviction arises from a raid in the area of Villa Graciela, Pedregal The couple could not justify the amount of money and took taking advantage of the penalty agreement and by taking responsibility for the money seized and reducing the time they will be apart in separate jails. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/257000-cash-haul-buys-5-years-jail-time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 11, 2020 Moderators Share Posted January 11, 2020 Quote Panama migration grab narco-trafficker for DEA Posted 10/01/2020 A Mexican citizen wanted in the United States by the DEA and Interpol, for his alleged links to narco-trafficking, was detained in Chiriqui by the National Migration Service (SNM ) on Friday. January 10 He was arrested at the checkpoint in Guabalá, while traveling on a bus on the Tolé-David route, claiming that he was Venezuelan. He had previously escaped from Peru. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama-migration-grab-narco-trafficker-for-dea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 14, 2020 Moderators Share Posted January 14, 2020 Quote Rogue cop will continue 4-year sentence Posted 13/01/2020 Former National Police major Alexis Cedeño, jailed for four years for aiding the escape of people linked to drug trafficking processes, will remain behind bars after a compliance judge refused to replace the penalty arguing that the crime of corruption of public servants is not in the catalog for the replacement. Cedeño, is currently serving his sentence in a cell of the transitional prison of the National Police, located in the Ancón district of Panama.. The decision was taken at a hearing held Monday, January 13, at the offices of the accusatory criminal system located in Plaza Ágora. Cedeño was investigated for the alleged commission of drug-related crimes and against the public administration. His four-year sentenve came after he cooperated with prosecutors. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/rogue-cop-will-continue-4-year-sentence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 17, 2020 Moderators Share Posted January 17, 2020 Quote Drugs prosecutor with crime links snatched after raids Posted 16/01/2020 A deputy drugs prosecutor allegedly linked to a criminal network to which he fed information on the progress of investigations was arrested after raids in Panama and Chiriqui on Thursday, January 16 A Public Ministry abatement explained that the official of the Drug Prosecutor's Office is being investigated for the alleged crimes of corruption of public servants. During the raids carried out by the Public Ministry, assets and monies estimated to be related to the illegal activity were recovered. sources revealed that four individuals are under investigation as alleged members of a criminal network that is being prosecuted for drug-related crimes. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/drugs-prosecutor-with-crime-links-snatched-after-raids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted January 24, 2020 Moderators Share Posted January 24, 2020 On 1/17/2020 at 8:54 AM, Moderator_02 said: https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/drugs-prosecutor-with-crime-links-snatched-after-raids http://www.chiriqui.life/topic/3003-drug-narco-trafficking-anti-drug-operations/?do=findComment&comment=38628 Quote Ex-drugs prosecutor with crime links in detention Posted 23/01/2020 Panama’s Superior Court of Appeals has confirmed the decision of the Judge of Guarantees to order the provisional detention of former drugs prosecutor José Varela Alvarado, accused of corruption of public servants. At the hearing, different investigative acts were listed, such as: data seizure, surveillance and monitoring, and wiretapping. In addition, the Court said, the measure is necessary and proportional to the nature of the event. The Judicial Branch said that there are procedural dangers such as: the destruction of evidence that implies the possibility of destruction of material evidence and danger to the community. The investigation began on December 23, 2019, after an anonymous call that notified the Superior Drug Prosecutor's Office, which alleged that an MP official was allegedly giving sensitive information in exchange for financial compensation to persons linked to investigations. for drug-related crimes. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/ex-drugs-prosecutor-with-crime-links-in-detention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted February 14, 2020 Moderators Share Posted February 14, 2020 Quote Raid nets 1,637 drug packages. four traffickers Posted 13/02/2020 A raid by combined personnel of the Public Ministry and the National Aeronaval Service (Senan) in the area of Punta Burica, Chiriquí, on Wednesday, February 12 led to the seizure of 1,367 packets of drugs. And the arrest of four foreigners two Costa Ricans, one Colombian and one Nicaraguan. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/raid-nets-1637-drug-packages-four-traffickers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted February 22, 2020 Moderators Share Posted February 22, 2020 Quote 5 tons of coke seized in Bocas, capo caught in Chepo Posted 21/02/2020 On Wednesday, February 19 the National Police arrested, in Chepo Manuel Camilo Rentería Lemus the alleged “capo” of the Colombian "Gulf Clan. The same day, Panama’s Aeronaval Service (SENAN) in conjunction with the Colombian Navy. struck a major blow against his operations with the seizure of 5 tons of cocaine stashed in a semi-submersible launch in Bocas del Toro Renteria Lemus led the most important drug trafficking operations in the Panamanian Caribbean reports La Prensa He entered the country in 2017, with fake papers, and dominated the transfer of illicit substances on the Costa Arriba of Colon. The Gulf Clan is currently considered the most powerful criminal network in Colombia engaged in drug trafficking, illegal mining and extortion. The Clan also called Clan Úsuga or Los Urabeños (along the Gulf of Urabá, on the border with Darién), was founded in 2007 by one of the new generation of Colombian capos: Daniel Rendón Herrera, aka Don Mario, extradited to the United States in 2018. The US is also seeking the extradition of Rentería Lemus. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/5-tons-of-coke-seized-in-bocas-capo-caught-in-chepo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 8, 2020 Moderators Share Posted March 8, 2020 Quote 38 arrested as police raid dismantles synthetic drug lab Posted 07/03/2020 A laboratory manufacturing of synthetic drugs in the Betania district was dismantled on Saturday, March 7 during National Police operation “ Pampa ”, that netted 38 people, nationals and foreigners, two of them minors, who were kept inside a house used for criminal activity. Eighteen of those arrested are Panamanians, 13 Colombians, and seven Venezuelans. Police chief Jorge Miranda said that the operation achieved not only the dismantling of a production structure but also the distribution network, Prosecutor Eduardo de la Torre fiscal in charge of the Second Prosecutor's Office Specialized in drug crimes said that it could be the first time that a laboratory dedicated to the sale, manufacture and distribution of this type of illegal substances in Panama has been dismantled. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/38-arrested-as-police-raid-dismantles-synthetic-drug-lab-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted March 9, 2020 Moderators Share Posted March 9, 2020 Quote 3,979 drug packages, weapons and launches . seized in Bocas del Toro Posted 08/03/2020 The National Aeronaval Service (Sensn) and the Public Prosecutor's Office in Bocas del Toro seized 3,979 packages of drugs two speedboats and five firearms during a weekend maritime patrol south of Popa Island, https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/3979-drug-packages-weapons-and-launches-seized-in-bocas-del-toro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted April 14, 2020 Moderators Share Posted April 14, 2020 Quote Drug trafficking falls in wake of virus pandemic Eduardo De La Torre Posted 13/04/2020 The checkpoints and restrictions applied by security forces in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic have caused a decrease in drug trafficking on the Isthmus, reflected in a dramatic reduction in seizures. says the First Special Prosecutor's Office for Drug-Related Crimes. Eduardo De La Torre Although so far in 2020 nine more tons have been seized than in the same period of 2019, this is basically because between January and February of this year there were large seizures. But, after the application of the curfew and the mandatory quarantine with its dry law these numbers have decreased. Drugs continue to arrive by sea from South America, but the transfer by land for other destinations has been stymied by a large number of checkpoints and vehicle checks which has also caused a substantial reduction in micro trafficking cases. Last January the prosecutor's office handled 105 cases and in February 139 arrived, but as a result of the curfew and quarantine coming into force, only 39 cases have reached the prosecution. Despite this reduction, he said, officials continue to work together with the rest of the security forces to stop this activity. The "dry law" measure, prohibiting the sale and distribution of alcoholic led to the closure of bars, clubs and amusement centers, usually used for the retail sale of drugs, have caused a substantial drop in the cases that reached the prosecution. Figures from the National Naval Air Service reveal that of the 21.4 tons of drugs seized in 2020, only 5.4 tons were seized in March, in operations carried out in various parts of the country. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/drug-trafficking-falls-in-wake-of-virus-pandemic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Moderator_02 Posted April 22, 2020 Moderators Share Posted April 22, 2020 Quote Former prosecutor caught with $1 million drug and cash stash Posted 21/04/2020 A former prosecutor still wearing a Public Ministry shirt and carrying expired credentials was arrested after being tailed by district police in Changuinola, Bocas del Toro, on Monday night April 20 He was found to be transporting 128 kilos of cocaine and cash totaling over a million dollars. He is scheduled to appear before a judge of guarantees. https://www.newsroompanama.com/news/former-prosecutor-caught-with-1-million-drug-and-cash-stash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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