Police Seize Over 1 Ton
of Cocaine
Police seized slightly
more than one ton of
cocaine at a warehouse
in San Lorenzo, in
Heredia, and found a man
with a gunshot wound to
the head, the ministerio
de Seguridad Publica
said.
The cocaine was found
Friday night when
officers responded to an
emergency call from a
woman who lives near the
warehouse and heard
shouting at the
property.
Officers found a man,
identified as
43-year-old Gerardo
Varela Araica, who had
been shot in the head
and transported him to a
hospital, where he is
listed in serious
condition.
The warehouse contained
500 kilos of cocaine and
two vehicles packed with
another 547 kilos,
police spokesmen said,
adding that the drug
cache was taken to a
police facility in San
Jose.
Investigators are trying
to determine who
smuggled the cocaine
into the country and
what the wounded man's
role in the operation
was.
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