
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 6, 1990                   TAG: 9003062071
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: NEW YORK                                LENGTH: Short

CBS: SOLDIERS BROUGHT DRUGS FROM PANAMA

A cocaine smuggling ring involving U.S. soldiers and Colombian suppliers was broken up recently in Panama, CBS News reported Monday.

CBS, citing unidentified military sources, said at least seven Colombians and two Americans have been arrested.

One serviceman confessed that he recruited soldiers to smuggle cocaine aboard military flights to the United States, CBS said. The soldiers were paid up to $10,000 each, according to the report.

- Associated Press

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