The Panamanian authorities had seized about 1.5 ton of cocaine in several anti-narcotics operations, official sources said Monday.

　　巴拿马官员发表声明称：巴拿马警方在一系列扫毒活动中共缴获约1.5吨可卡因。

　　The cocaine was seized in residential areas of the capital city and along the northern coast of Colon.

　　该批可卡因是在大都市的住宅区以及Colon北部沿海被截获的。

　　Deputy Director of the Police Department's Judicial Investigation Office (DIJ) Alexis Munoz said the first three operations were conducted in the areas of Altos de Panama, Bella Vista, Pedregal and Balmoral, resulting in the arrest of 14 suspects.

　　来自公安部司法调查科的副主任Alexis Munoz称，前三次的活动是围绕Altos de Panama, Bella Vista, Pedregal 以及Balmoral几个城市进行，并逮捕了14名嫌犯。

　　Among the arrested, eight were foreigners, mostly from South America.

　　在这几个嫌犯当中，有八名来自于南美。

　　DIJ agents, jointly with an anti-narcotics unit, also confiscated more than 20,000 U.S. dollars, high-caliber firearms and various vehicles, Munoz said.

　　Munoz称，在公安部司法调查科与扫毒组织通力合作下，共没收了两万多美元、大批高口径武器以及众多交通工具。

　　The seizures in Altos de Panama and Bella Vista were linked with a single criminal organization while the others appeared to be linked with several drug-trafficking rings, he said.

　　他还说：“在Altos de Panama与Bella Vista地区没收的东西与一个犯罪团伙相关，而其他几个地区缴获的东西好像属于其他毒品交易集团。”

　　In June, a global report on the drug trade identified Panama as the country with the third highest number of cocaine seizures, after Colombia and the United States.

　　六月，在一篇有关毒品交易的全球报告中称，巴拿马的毒品缴获数量位居第三，仅次于哥伦比亚和美国。