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    September 07, 2011

Panamanian Police Arrest 80 People in Major Drug Bust

   VOA News

   Panama's drug prosecutor says a series of raids has disrupted a major
   trafficking ring that moved cocaine from Colombia to Panama and further
   north to the United States.
   Javier Caraballo said 80 Panamanians and Colombians were arrested in
   Monday's raids. Authorities believe the traffickers used gangs
   associated with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia [FARC].
   Caraballo estimated the drug traffickers smuggled at least 18 tons of
   cocaine during the last two years.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.

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