Mexican Navy seizes boat carrying 3 tons of cocaine off Pacific coast resort

3 suspects aboard the vessel carrying the 80 sacks of cocaine were also detained by the Mexican Navy

Mexico’s Navy said Tuesday that its personnel seized an open boat carrying three tons of cocaine, about 200 nautical miles off the Pacific coast.

The Navy said three suspects were detained aboard the craft.

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mexican navy seizes boat carrying 3 tons of cocaine off pacific coast resort

A general image of cocaine. Mexico’s Navy announced Tuesday that a vessel carrying three tons of cocaine off the Pacific coast was seized.  (Horacio Villalobos Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)

The boast was carrying 80 sacks that contained 6,130 pounds of cocaine. The suspects had two outboard motors and a tank with about 40 gallons of gasoline. The bust was made southeast of the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco in Guerrero state.

The Navy also found a sack with about 55 pounds of cocaine floating in the Caribbean just off the beach at the resort of Akumal, in the state of Quintana Roo.

via FoxNews August 16th 2023