Navy seizes one metric ton of cocaine off Acapulco
Original reporting: Luces del Siglo
What happened
Naval personnel intercepted a small vessel southwest of Acapulco and detained its six crew members, Luces del Siglo reported, citing Omar García Harfuch.
Reporting and context
Mexico’s Navy seized one metric ton of cocaine from a small vessel southwest of Acapulco, Guerrero, and arrested six people aboard, according to Luces del Siglo, which cited federal Security and Citizen Protection Secretary Omar García Harfuch.
The interception took place in Pacific waters during a maritime surveillance operation. Naval personnel located the drug shipment aboard the boat and detained its six crew members, the outlet reported, citing García Harfuch’s account of the operation.
The report identifies the seizure as a single operation off the Guerrero destination. The one metric ton recovered from this vessel is separate from the broader total that the security secretary cited for maritime cocaine seizures during the current administration.
García Harfuch said the Navy has seized more than 98 metric tons of cocaine in operations at sea during that period, Luces del Siglo reported. That figure covers the current administration rather than a calendar year; the article did not give a narrower reporting period for the total.
Original publication: Luces del Siglo.