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| Police Net Drug Dealers In Weekend Raids |
| Friday, 16 May 2008 | |||
 (TBT) Police say they have detained two of Guanacaste’s most important drug dealers.The two men were detained in a joint operation by specialized forces from the Police Intervention Unit (UIP), the Directorate of Specialized Investigations (DIE), the Canine (K-9) unit of the Ministry of Security, Immigration Police and Transit police as well as local officers of the Fuerza Pública. The operations were carried out in Tamarindo, Brasilito, Huacas and Flamingo Led by the Director of Immigration Police, Francisco Castaing, the raids netted a Colombian by the last name of Riascos, who sold drugs in Tamarindo helped by a private security guard. The arrests were made when Riascos was in the process of a sale. Police say Riascos possesses a police record and was previously detained for smuggling drugs into an Immigration Center in Hatillo, San José. The man, who had requested refugee migratory status was given a one month prison sentence until he is deported to Colombia.  Photo Courtesy of Ministry of Security: DRUG BUST: Police say their joint operation over the weekend netted two of the region’s biggest drug dealers. The man had an “express service” and sold drugs from the soccer field in front of the Brasilito elementary school and the Police building in Brasilito, which is closed. “This was an important arrest as it is part of a series of systematic investigations done by the Fuerza Pública, the Judicial Investigations Police (OIJ), and the Santa Cruz Prosecutor’s office,” said José Domingo Cruz, the regional director of the police force in Guanacaste. According to police, Colitas used youths as messengers who would deliver the drugs door-to-door. The immigration police also detained a man by the name of Córdoba in Flamingo, who carried what they called “an important sum of money.” “This man has been linked to the smuggling of heroine and cocaine into Belgium in 1999 and to Spain in 2000,” said Chief Castaing. Also in Tamarindo, Immigration police are studying the immigration status of some 87 people, among them, Colombians, North Americans (US), Nicaraguans and Belizians. In addition, the transit police confiscated 30 vehicles and one motorcycle, and gave out 67 tickets over a range of violations, including drunk driving. “In a road block between Huacas and Tamarindo two weapons were confiscated: a revolver caliber 38 and a rifle” added Police Chief Cruz. Comments (1)
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its good to know something came of these raids. I still wish they would go about this in a more cloak-and-dagger sort of way. The brute force used two weekends in a row in the discos does not exactly stimulate tourism. You dont see this kind of thing in any other tourist destination I have ever heard of. None the less, good job! |
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