In the review of the three cars, the police found 12 boxes of Cuban rum cans, 10 cases of beer o a foreign brand and several boxes with bottles of vodka, rum, and whiskey. / Border Police courtesy photo.
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Border Police detained one man as a suspect of smuggling a large quantity of liquor in Golfito
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Border Police officers arrested a man surnamed Nuñez, in the community of Guaycará in Golfito*, in the province of Puntarenas, as a suspect of smuggling merchandise and resistance to authority.
According to the police report, during a routine patrol, the police encountered three cars that did not obey the order to stop. The three drivers made a dangerous maneuver to turn to the opposite line and escape from the police, said police in a report. However, officers managed to detain the suspects, thereby "frustrating a large liquor smuggling," said the police in its report.
In the review of the three cars, the police found 12 boxes of Cuban rum cans, 10 cases of beer o a foreign brand and several boxes with bottles of vodka, rum, and whiskey.
According to the police, the merchandise was handed over to the Fiscal Police.
Of the three drivers, only Núñez was arrested for putting up resistance to the search of his car, police said.
Nunez was taken to the cells of the Public Ministry where he was interviewed by the judicial agents. He must wait for a judge to dictate any pre-trial measures against him.
According to the police report, arrests of drivers transporting contraband merchandise are common in the Golfito area, because the merchandise is smuggled to the country from Panamá.
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