$30 million cash seized in anti-organized crime operations

A total of $30 million in cash has been seized in the last four years by public security forces in operations against organized crime.

The Ministry of Public Security reported that some 467 tons of drugs were also seized, as well as goods and properties linked to drug trafficking.

In its report, the ministry indicated that this seizure represents 45% of the drugs seized from 2009 to date, a period in which 1,024 tons of drugs have been seized.

In the same way, the Public Force has confiscated a little more than 10,200 firearms and has destroyed some 34,000.

The provinces with the highest records of seized weapons are Panama, Panama West, Colón, and Chiriquí, the ministry said in a statement.