The leader of a gang dedicated to the transfer of drugs, was captured this Thursday, April 7, along with three other people, through the “Harry” operation carried out by members of the National Anti-Drug Directorate of the National Police in the provinces of Panama. , West Panama and Colon.
Some 1,375 packages of alleged cocaine were seized and four people, all Panamanians, were apprehended in the district of La Chorrera, after several years of investigation and monitoring.
The head of the criminal organization alias “JC”, was responsible for providing support, logistics, reception and custody of illicit drug shipments, where houses conditioned as coves were used to hide drugs to be later sent to the United States. United and Europe.
Operation “Harry”, carried out by the National Police, began on September 3, 2018, with the aim of dismantling an organized group of people who operated outside the law, dedicated to international drug trafficking through the ports of Panama City and the province of Colón.