OIJ Detains 34 in Costa Rica Prison Drug Network Case

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Costa Rica's Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) arrested 34 individuals involved in one of the country's main prison drug trafficking networks during a major operation. Among the detainees was the head of the Penitentiary Police at La Leticia prison, highlighting corruption and organized crime within the prison system.

The Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) detained 34 people on the morning of Tuesday, July 21, in an operation against what investigators describe as one of the country’s principal networks for moving drugs into its prisons. Among those detained was the head of the Penitentiary Police at the La Leticia prison in Guápiles, in the […] The post OIJ Detains 34 in Costa Rica Prison Drug Network Case appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

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