Panama seizes record number of drugs for second consecutive year

FILE PHOTO: Panama's police present packages of cocaine and other types of drugs seized in a police operation on the Caribbean Coast, during a news conference in Panama City, Panama April 23, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Lemos/File Photo

PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Panama seized a record for drugs in 2022, its Public Security ministry said on Saturday, as the country struggles with drugs being trafficked through its territory to the United States and Europe.

So far this year, the Central American country has seized 126.5 tons of drug, mostly cocaine, setting a record for the second consecutive year.