New anti-drug task force for Panama
A NEW anti-drugs task force is being created in Panama following the recent success of a “combined operations” swoop involving the participation of more than 200 agents from a number of regional agencies
At a meeting of the Security Council in Cocoli on Monday, July 25, President Juan Carlos Varela , said that the force will be aimed at stopping drug trafficking by working with regional partners.
Varela said that agents will be hand-picked for the new entity from existing security forces.
The decision by Varela was made after the success of “Operation Shield,” which. The operation targeted drug trafficking along Panama’s borders.
This operation involves offices from the police, Immigration, the aero-naval agency Senan, Border Patrol and Institutional Protection Services.
