A Judicial Branch security official was apprehended with $89,960 cash in his possession on Saturday, March 13, in Cuatro Altos de Colón.

He was arrested by the Colón and Guna Yala Drug Prosecutor's Office in conjunction with the National Police (PN), during a shadowing operation.

The official who was being followed by PN intelligence who confiscated the money when they checked his car, when he was leaving the highway in Cuarto Altos, authorities said.

Now he will be investigated for alleged  money laundering.

In  a statement, the Judicial Branch reported that the presidency of the Supreme Court adopted "immediately the administrative actions for this type of case."