Man sentenced to 96 months in Panama over 83.20 g of marijuana
A man was sentenced to 96 months in prison in Panama on 11 November 2026 for aggravated drug possession, eight days after a search in the barriada Arboleda, La Chorrera, seized 83.20 grams of marijuana. The same search seized 469 packages of suspected cocaine, and the man was also fined USD 100.
🇵🇦 Barriada Arboleda, La Chorrera, Panamá Oeste · Panama
Convicted
1
Sentenced
1
Cannabis
83.2 g
Prison
96 months
Agency
Fiscalía Especializada en Delitos Relacionados con Drogas de Panamá Oeste
A man was sentenced to 96 months, or eight years, in prison in Panama on 11
November 2026 for aggravated drug possession.[1]The sentence followed a plea
agreement that prosecutors said had been validated.[2]He was also ordered to
pay a fine of USD 100 as an additional penalty attached to the prison term.[2]
The case began on 3 November 2026 with a search in the barriada Arboleda, a
neighbourhood in La Chorrera district, Panamá Oeste province.[1]The search
seized83.20 grams of marijuana.[2]Officers also seized 469 packages of
suspected cocaine.[1]The operation was a diligencia de allanamiento y
registro, Panama’s term for a search-and-registration procedure.[1]
The sentence, numbered 321, was dated 11 November 2026.[1]The case was
handled by the Specialised Prosecutor’s Office for Drug-Related Offences of
Panamá Oeste, which depends on the national Public Prosecutor’s Office.[2]The
conviction was for posesión agravada de drogas, or aggravated drug possession.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Convicted
1
Sentenced
1
Cannabis
83.2 g
Prison
96 months
Fine
USD 100
Agency
Fiscalía Especializada en Delitos Relacionados con Drogas de Panamá Oeste
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Open questions the AI reported
The sources do not say how the 96-month term was divided between the 83.20 grams of marijuana and the 469 packages of suspected cocaine, whose weight was not given.
No source says whether the man was detained during the 3 November search or charged later.
Local coverage of a 459-package seizure in an empty rented house in the same La Chorrera neighbourhood in the same week reported no arrests; it is unclear whether that was this raid, and the 459 and 469 counts are not reconciled.
The man is not named, and his age and nationality were not reported.
The court that issued sentence 321 is not named, and no appeal or finality was reported.
The sources give no street address or property type for the search in the barriada Arboleda.
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