His principles Panama announced the seizure of a record $ 10 million in cash, an amount derived from the drug trade a criminal organization linked to the Colombian Clan del Golfo cartel.
“This significant amount of money belongs to the disbanded criminal organization, which is collaborating with the criminal group known as the Clan del Golfo.” announced on Friday (3/12) the prosecutor’s office in a press release.
“This is, without a doubt, the largest seizure of money from drug trafficking in the history of the country”, Attorney General Javier Carabalo told the press.
The money was found in bags who had been hiding in three hiding places in a house in the city of Nueva Providence, in the province of Colon (north), during a police operation, which led to the arrest of 57 people.
10 firearms and 38 luxury vehicles were confiscated
Ten firearms and 38 luxury vehicles were also confiscated during the operation, which involved the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
It took authorities more than 12 hours to raise the money and count it with ATMs, some of which were wasted due to the sheer volume of money.
Among those arrested were nine civil servants, including five police officers, who are suspected of “receiving, monitoring and hiding large quantities of drugs from Colombia,” according to the prosecutor’s office.
The drugs were then shipped to the United States on the orders of the Clan del Golfo cartel. It controls nearly a third of Colombia’s cocaine production.
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