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$12 Million Worth of Cocaine Found on Smuggling Boat Off Puerto Rico, Police Say
Three suspects were detained after authorities intercepted a 26-foot boat carrying 1,800 pounds of cocaine valued at $12 million near Río Grande.
- 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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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 …
The United Rapid Action Forces (FURA) Negotiate intervened this Monday with a boat carrying a million-dollar shipment of cocaine, about two nautical miles from the Rio Grande de Loíza. According to reports, personnel of the Piñones Maritime Unit, in conjunction with the Ceiba Maritime Unit, carried out a preventive patrol aboard an official vessel when they detected a suspicious vessel. It was described as homemade (Yola type), approximately 26 …
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