US Edition$12 Million Worth of Cocaine Found on Smuggling Boat Off Puerto Rico, Police Say
Three suspects detained after authorities seized over 1,800 pounds of cocaine valued at $12 million from an unmarked 26-foot boat in a major Puerto Rico waters bust.
- Authorities in Puerto Rico seized more than 1,800 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $12 million from a smuggling boat off the north coast.
- Three suspects were detained after a pursuit when officers intercepted the 26-foot-long boat without identification in waters off the town of Río Grande.
- Federal authorities are taking over the case, which is one of the biggest seizures in Puerto Rican waters in recent years as the U.S. territory serves as a transit point for drug smuggling.
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Authorities in Puerto Rico seized cocaine valued at about $12 million on Monday off the island’s north coast. In a statement, the police indicated that their officers intercepted an eight-metre-long (26-foot) vessel without identification in waters off the municipality of Rio Grande. After [...] The $12-million-dollar cocaine seized by boat in front of Puerto Rico was first published in Foco Informativa.
The authorities of Puerto Rico, which is part of the US territory in the Caribbean Sea, today seized cocaine worth 12 million dollars off the northern coast of that island. It's one of the
Puerto Rico police reported Monday the arrest of three men after intercepting a vessel in waters northeast of the island carrying 24 bales of cocaine, weighing 823 kilograms and valued at $11.5 million. According to a statement from local police chief Joseph González, personnel from the Piñones (Loíza) and Ceiba Maritime Units were conducting a preventative patrol aboard an official vessel when they detected a suspicious boat carrying the three …
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