Costa Rican Border Police intercepted an important cargo of smuggled medications in Peñas Blancas, La Cruz Guanacaste.
Border Police agents were patrolling a sector of the border when a group of men noticing the police presence dropped the bags they were carrying and managed to escape to Nicaraguan territory.
The bags contained a total of 10,969 units of different medications with an estimated value of over 4.8 million colones (approximately $8,000 USD).
The Ministry of Security affirmed this one of the biggest confiscations of medicines registered in the northern border so far this year. Many of these medications require a prescription to be sold in the country.
The medications were delivered to the regional office of the Ministry of Health in La Cruz for their destruction.
Costa Rican border police recently intercepted containers carrying drugs and cash in this border.
Border Police agents were patrolling a sector of the border when a group of men noticing the police presence dropped the bags they were carrying and managed to escape to Nicaraguan territory.
The bags contained a total of 10,969 units of different medications with an estimated value of over 4.8 million colones (approximately $8,000 USD).
The Ministry of Security affirmed this one of the biggest confiscations of medicines registered in the northern border so far this year. Many of these medications require a prescription to be sold in the country.
The medications were delivered to the regional office of the Ministry of Health in La Cruz for their destruction.
Costa Rican border police recently intercepted containers carrying drugs and cash in this border.
