Drug Seizures At Costa Rica Airport Is Commonplace
February 17th, 2011 | by admin |The Juan Santamaría International airport in San José, Costa Rica’s largest and busiest airport, handles up to three thousands uses with some 40 flights coming and going daily.
And part of that daily commonplace activity is drug trafficking, mainly leaving Costa Rica headed for the United States, Canada and Europe.
According to the Policía de Control de Drogas (PCD) – Costa Rica’s Drug Control Police – between January 2009 and this month 104 people have been arrested for carrying drugs in some for or other.
Of the 104, a total of 20 were nationals while 84 were foreigners.
Watch the video prepared by Telenoticias to illustrate the situation the Policia Aeropuertaria (airport police) face.
