Cop caught with 49 packets of drugs

A NATIONAL Police (PN) officer identified with drug shipping in an intelligence operation was arrested in  Chame, on Thursday, October 19.

He is a 27-year-old corporal with eight years service. the latest  in a string of arrests  implicating officers as high ranking as major,  all pledged “to serve and protect.”

He was captured on the Pan-American highway en route to La Chorrera, West Panama.

National Police, Director  Omar Pinzón, revealed that intelligence information about a member of the PN who, in his free time, participated in the movement of drugs led to the interception.

Members of the Anti-Narcotics Police Unit (UPNA )were deployed to capture the suspect who worked at the National Traffic Operations Directorate (DNOT).

The agent was traveling in a grey Kia Rio vehicle, carrying total 49 packages of illicit substances.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office, reported that no date has been set for a hearing but within the institution, a disciplinary process is proceeding.