Israeli Arrested at Costa Rica's Liberia Airport With 20.000 Ecstasy Pills

Avi Revach 52, is a man of Israeli citizenship who was arrested Saturday by the Policía de Control de Drogas (PCD) - Drug Control Police, at the Daniel Oduber international airport in Liberia, with approximately 20 000 ecstasy tablets. The man arrived in Costa Rica from Brussels, Belgium.

The PCD reports this the largest seizure of the pills, discovered when a Ministry of Agriculture agent became curious over several jars alleged to contain seeds.

The agent alerted the PCD stationed at the airport, who conducted a search and came up with 19.028 pills wrapped in plastic bags, hidden in four jars.

The discovery and seizure occurred around midnight Saturday, the suspect arriving on Jet Air Fly.

According to the flight man's travel itinerary, he left Brussels airport with his final destination of Liberia, Costa Rica. The PCD say this is the man's first visit to Costa Rica, but does have a history of visiting Colombia.

Although PCD agents believe the tables are destined for the Costa Rican market and investigators say they are already on the trail of those part of the network who ordered the amphetamines.

Each tablet in Costa Rica has a street value of ¢20.000 colones (us$40).

Ecstasy, for the most part, is consumed in tourist sites and of people in the middle and upper class. Ecstasy is the name given to the metildioxianfetamina, by drug manufacturers in Los Angeles, United States.

Usually, the ecstasy that is sold on the street is not such a pure substance but mixed with various stimulants.

MDMA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) – colloquially known as ecstasy, often abbreviated as "E" or "X" – is an entactogenic drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine class of drugs.

MDMA can induce euphoria, a sense of intimacy with others, and diminished anxiety. Many studies, particularly in the fields of psychology and cognitive therapy, have suggested that MDMA has therapeutic benefits and facilitates therapy sessions in certain individuals, a practice for which it had formally been used in the past. Clinical trials are now testing the therapeutic potential of MDMA for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety associated with terminal cancer.

MDMA is criminalized in most countries under a United Nations (UN) agreement, and its possession, manufacture, or sale may result in criminal prosecution, although some limited exceptions exist for scientific and medical research. MDMA is one of the most widely used recreational drugs in the world and is taken in a variety of contexts far removed from its roots in psychotherapeutic settings. It is commonly associated with dance parties (or "raves") and electronic dance music.