The Colombian navy seized over one ton of cocaine, worth tens of millions of dollars, after intercepting a"suspicious" motor boat sailing to Central America, authorities said Thursday.
The"go fast" boat was traveling in waters off the Providencia Archipelago, which is the only part of the country located in Central America and is about 110 miles off the coast of Nicaragua. The vessel was monitored by a Maritime Task Group, the Colombian navyThe boat was manned by five people from Colombia, and officials said they found 48 packages and 40 loose rectangular packages with the"suspicious substance" inside the ship.
"Go fast" boats are a common way of transporting the substances and can be customized to evade detection, . The boats have been used since the 1980s, and now typically make landfall in Mexico, from where drugs are transported into the United States.