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Police on patrol on a beach in southern Costa Rica found 20 kilos of cocaine. They said they have no idea who was responsible for leaving the drugs there.
The find was on a beach in Punta Burica in the extreme southern part of the country near the Panamá border. Drug smugglers who are being chased by police and U.S. navy patrols frequently dump their cargo into the sea. Finding packaged cocaine is not unusual along the Pacific coast.
Myleene Klass left her hotel room in Costa Rica after she found bugs crawling all over her while sleeping.
The beauty was there to shoot for the US version of ‘I’m A Celeb’ and was put in a fancy hotel near the set of the jungle-based reality show.
However, the runner-up on the UK show in 2006 soon realised that she wasn’t alone.
On the first night she got woken up at 3am to find her bed and body covered in spiders, giant ants and other creepy crawlies.
The star was so petrified that she raised the alarm and told hotel chiefs to give her another room.
“Myleene knew something was up when she kept scratching herself in the night,” The Sun quoted a pal as saying.
The friend added: “She turned on the light only to discover the room was literally moving – it was covered in bugs. They were all over her bed too, and on her. She screamed and staff came to her rescue.”
Following the lead of US president, Barack Obama, that signed into law limits on credit card fees and curbs contract changes, the Oficina de Apoyo al Consumidor in Costa Rica announced yesterday that a similar law could be a reality in Costa Rica.
Cynthia Zapata, director of the Oficina de Apoyo al Consumidor, said that they will also try to place limits on credit card rates and other markets, that are not in place now.
“We have a dispersion in the fees,” said Zapata.
For his part, José Ignacio Cordero, general manager of Credomatic, said that many of the regulations approved in the US are already applied in Costa Rica.
Zapata said that because there is no limit on the interest charges usury laws do not apply in Costa Rica and consumers suffer, (more…)
