Police find $7.2 million cash stashed in suitcases at airport in Panama
January 15, 2014 -- Updated 2258 GMT (0658 HKT)
Investigators say they
suspect the cash, which had been concealed in hidden compartments in
luggage on a flight from Honduras, was being moved for a powerful
cartel, but they haven't said which one. The money was mostly in U.S.
$100 bills, authorities said.
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In a case that highlights
the regional impacts of the drug trade, now Honduran investigators are
trying to figure out how the suitcases slipped by airport authorities,
drug police and special investigators at the Toncontin airport in
Tegucigalpa.
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Authorities have suspended dozens of officers as they investigate, Honduran police told CNN affiliate Televicentro.
Panamanian police, who
described the suitcase stash as their largest seizure in years, arrested
three Honduran nationals at Tocumen International Airport.
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