The Air Surveillance Service (SVA) of Costa Rica's Public Security Ministry on Monday unveiled a new airplane meant to assist in anti-drug operations.

Colombia

Three Colombians detained in Costa Rica with 1.4 metric tons of cocaine

The Tico Times - October 22, 2019

The intercepted ship was taken to the port of Quepos, in the South Pacific, where the ship was subjected to an inspection.

Crime

Spain’s police seize massive cocaine haul in banana cargo

Alejandro Zúñiga - October 27, 2018

Police said the gang used a company that imported fruit from Costa Rica as a cover for its operations.

Crime

Costa Rica detains three Colombians and one Ecuadorian in boat with 690 kilos of cocaine

The Tico Times - October 25, 2018

Costa Rican police detained a boat crewed by three Colombians and one Ecuadorian with a cargo of 690 kilos of cocaine, authorities said Tuesday.

Costa Rica

Government announces increased security measures to curb recent crime wave

L. Arias - May 18, 2017

President Luis Guillermo Solís said he is outraged by a shooting at the entrance of a school that left two people dead and a six-year-old wounded.

Costa Rica

Defendants captured aboard supposed drug vessel accuse U.S. authorities of torture

The Tico Times - May 4, 2017

The men caught aboard a ship with over a ton of cocaine said U.S. officials took them to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba while torturing them for a week.

Caribbean

Men caught with one ton of drugs in Costa Rica allowed to walk free, police say

The Tico Times - April 14, 2017

Even though police said the men were throwing drugs off the boat and into the sea at the sight of officers, they were allowed to walk free after a ruling from a Limón judge.

Costa Rica

Former U.S. convict Dan Fowlie speaks out against being barred entry to Costa Rica again

The Tico Times - February 13, 2017

The former 'King of Pavones' has been denied entry into Costa Rica again, complicating his quest to regain all the beachfront property that was once his in the idyllic hamlet in the country's southwest corner.

Costa Rica

U.S. Embassy makes donation to support air surveillance operations in Costa Rica

L. Arias - January 20, 2017

The embassy's donation will fund operations of the ministry's Air Surveillance Service – in particular, the special missions carried out using an aircraft seized from two drug smugglers.