An operation carried out by the National Police in the area of Nuevo Emperador, in the district of Arraiján, resulted in the confiscation of 505 kilos of cocaine and the arrest of two people.
The operation took place in the La Invasión sector, Nuevo Emperador, when police officers located two people carrying several packages in which the drug was hidden.
During the operation, the authorities also managed to confiscate a shotgun, a satellite phone and two digital weights. Cell phones were also located.
Authorities believe that the drug could be transported in the first instance by sea and then tried to land to other sectors of Western Panama.
Authorities have discovered that drug traffickers are paying local gangs with drugs that help them move their cargoes across the national territory.
So far this year, the authorities have seized about 96 tons of drugs, most of which have been detected inside containers or on speedboats intercepted off the coast of Azuero.
This article has been translated to english after originally appearing in Prensa