La Prensa reported that a second marijuana shipment of the week had been captured the previous day by the PTJ drug division.[1] The seizure took place at the mouth of the Río Chico in the corregimiento of Pacora, where two Colombian nationals were detained.[1] DIAaDIA likewise placed the trafficking attempt on Pacora’s coast at the Río Chico for introducing Colombian-origin drugs into Panama.[2] The operation began two days earlier after the PTJ received information, and officers detected a blue double-cab pickup in the early hours of the previous day and found drugs on inspection.[1] Both detained men had rented the blue pickup used to move the marijuana.[2] The vehicle used belonged to a rental agency in the capital city.[1] PTJ criminal-investigations chief Wilfredo Hurtado said one detainee lived in San José, Costa Rica, and the other in Colombia.[1] DIAaDIA reported instead that one of the two Colombians lived in Panama and the other in Costa Rica.[2] The two Colombians were placed at the disposal of the drug prosecutor’s office.[2]

Hurtado said the seizure comprised 169 packages containing 334 kilograms of marijuana.[1] A second account gave the same total of 334 kilos of marijuana.[2] That account said officers found about 167 bundles making up the kilos.[2] The article said more than 500 kilos of drugs had been seized that week on Panama province coasts.[1]

The PTJ said it would ask immigration authorities for documentation on the migratory movements of the two detained Colombians.[1] Hurtado said the packaging suggested the load was bound north toward the United States.[2]