A Costa Rican man who also has a Canadian passport was detained this week as suspect of sending six tons of cocaine to Spain back in October 2018 in a banana shipment which was intercepted in Malaga, Andalucía in the South of Spain.
The man, of last name Thompson was arrested when the Drug Control Police (PCD) raided his house in San Antonio de Coronado, San José.
“The investigation allowed us to determine that the people behind the export of bananas had no relation with the shipment of drug”, explained Michael Soto, Minister of Security, who also affirmed that the investigation continues with the purpose of identifying and arresting other associates.
According to daily El País, a total of 20 people have been detained in relation to this case, 16 of them in a first phase of the investigation in Spain, 2 more in Holland, 1 in Austria and the Costa Rican.
“This is the first case in which Spanish police authorities are able to track and confirm the origin and transportation of the shipment to a port in Central America, as well as the people involved with the same in that country, all these thanks to the close cooperation of the Costa Rican Drug Control Police and Spanish authorities”, affirms the article published by El País.
The shipment originated from Limón in Costa Rica, arrived to the port of Setubal in Portugal and was transported by truck to Malaga, Spain.
The man, of last name Thompson was arrested when the Drug Control Police (PCD) raided his house in San Antonio de Coronado, San José.
“The investigation allowed us to determine that the people behind the export of bananas had no relation with the shipment of drug”, explained Michael Soto, Minister of Security, who also affirmed that the investigation continues with the purpose of identifying and arresting other associates.
According to daily El País, a total of 20 people have been detained in relation to this case, 16 of them in a first phase of the investigation in Spain, 2 more in Holland, 1 in Austria and the Costa Rican.
“This is the first case in which Spanish police authorities are able to track and confirm the origin and transportation of the shipment to a port in Central America, as well as the people involved with the same in that country, all these thanks to the close cooperation of the Costa Rican Drug Control Police and Spanish authorities”, affirms the article published by El País.
The shipment originated from Limón in Costa Rica, arrived to the port of Setubal in Portugal and was transported by truck to Malaga, Spain.
