Arms cache heading for Panama City seized

 A dozen AK-47s and 9,499 rounds of ammunition destined for the Clan del Golfo that operates in the border area between Panama and Colombia were seized by the National Police during a Thursday raid in the El Caimito sector, of El Higo, in the district of La Mesa de Veraguas.

Sources linked to the investigations revealed that one person was arrested in the operation, and three kilos of drugs and 17 chargers were seized.

According to the investigations, the weapons entered through the border with Costa Rica and were transported to Veraguas, but their final destination was Panama City, where they would be delivered to members linked to the Clan del Golfo, a Colombian criminal group.

The head of the Veraguas police, Deputy Commissioner Eduardo Arosemena, said that the weapons and the detained person were placed under the orders of the Public Ministry for investigation.

On the same day, in “Operation Metro, carried out in the provinces of Colón, Coclé, the district of La Chorrera, and the corregimiento of Veracruz, 32 people were arrested, including three policemen, linked to a network dedicated to providing logistical support to Colombian drug traffickers. The network received the drugs from speedboats and hid them in San Carlos and Chame.