Three detained as 2,504 lb of marijuana seized at sea
Three people were detained after a go-fast boat was intercepted in the Eastern Pacific with 2,504 pounds of marijuana. A US task force said it supported an unnamed partner nation; a separate cocaine seizure the day before is not counted here.
🇺🇸 Eastern Pacific · United States
- Arrested
- 3
- Cannabis
- 1.135795 t
Three people were detained after a go-fast boat carrying marijuana was
intercepted in the Eastern Pacific.[1][2][3] The Joint Interagency Task Force South
(JIATFS), a US task force, said it helped authorities from a partner nation
detect, monitor and support the interception.[1][2] JIATFS announced the result
on 29 October 2026.[4][2][3] It said the seizure was 2,504 pounds of marijuana,
about 1,136 kilograms.[4][2]
It described itself as an alliance of 20 international partners and 13 domestic
partners.[4][2] In this case its published role was detection, monitoring and
support alongside the unnamed partner.[4]
The marijuana interception was one of two separate Eastern Pacific actions
reported together.[1][2] The other, announced on 28 October, was a Costa Rica
Coast Guard recovery of about 70 floating packages, about 3,675 pounds of
cocaine, near Costa Rica, with a US maritime patrol aircraft and JIATFS helping
to locate the cargo.[1][2] The two seizures together were put at about 6,179
pounds, about 2,803 kilograms, of narcotics.[4][2]
Sources
- 3,600 Pounds of Cocaine, 2,500 Pounds of Marijuana Seized in Maritime Interdictions. The Epoch Times, 30 October 2026.
- 美国参与海上拦截 查获超过六千磅毒品. 大纪元, 31 October 2026. In Chinese.
- 美國參與海上攔截 查獲超過六千磅毒品｜大紀元時報（香港）. 大紀元時報 香港, 31 October 2026. In Chinese.
- 美國參與海上攔截 查獲超過六千磅毒品. 大紀元, 31 October 2026. In Chinese.
Open questions the AI reported
- 29 October 2026 is the date of the JIATFS post, not a confirmed date for the interception itself.
- The partner nation and the boat’s position were not named, so the seizure is filed under the United States because JIATFS is a US task force; the coordinates only mark the Eastern Pacific region, not a located intercept.
- No names, charges or court outcome were reported for the three people detained.
- The picture on the Epoch Times pages shows floating packages from the separate Costa Rica cocaine interdiction, so it is not included.
- Only Epoch Times reporting could be opened; the JIATFS posts it cites were not available, and the Chinese page is a translation of the English article.
- Left out, as its quotation was not found in The Epoch Times: JIATFS supports US Southern Command operations in the Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Pacific to detect and dismantle drug-trafficking networks in the region.
