Mexican Navy seizes over one ton of cocaine in Pacific operations, Digi Mart USA News (Pacific Ocean, off the coasts of Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico): The Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) seized more than one ton of suspected cocaine during two operations in Pacific Ocean waters off the coasts of Chiapas and Oaxaca. As a result of these actions, one person was detained and placed at the disposal of the ministerial authorities.
According to information released by the federal Security Cabinet, the seizures were carried out through maritime surveillance, in which Mexican Navy personnel located drug shipments at different points along the coast.
In the first operation, 16 packages containing approximately 629 kilograms of suspected cocaine were found. In a second intervention, authorities seized another 16 packages, with an estimated weight of 520 kilograms.
Together, the two seizures total 1,149 kilograms of the substance, whose definitive weight will be determined by the ministerial authorities through the corresponding procedures.
The detained person was transferred to the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR), which will open an investigation file and determine their legal status.
Authorities estimated that the seizure represents an economic loss of more than 272 million pesos for the financial structures of criminal organizations, by preventing the shipment from being sold.
These actions are part of the maritime, air and land surveillance deployments that the Navy maintains in national waters to detect and inhibit activities related to drug trafficking.
Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Omar García Harfuch stated that during the current federal administration the Navy has seized more than 97 tons of cocaine in operations carried out at sea.
The agency reiterated that it will continue its surveillance and institutional coordination efforts to combat narcotics trafficking routes and weaken the operational capabilities of criminal groups.
