Two held as go-fast with 2,642 kg cannabis and cocaine seized in Pacific
Costa Rican units intercepted a go-fast boat in the eastern Pacific with just over 2,642 kg of cannabis and 300 kg of cocaine, detaining two people on board. A US maritime patrol aircraft spotted the vessel and the Joint Interagency Task Force South supported the operation, which seized 75 bales.
Costa Rican units intercepted a fast drug boat in the eastern Pacific carrying
just over 2,642 kilos of cannabis and 300 kilos of cocaine.[1]Two people on
board were detained.[1]A United States maritime patrol aircraft spotted the
vessel and alerted the Costa Rican authorities, who sent interceptor boats that
brought the go-fast under control after a sustained action and towed it to a
harbour for further examination.[1]
There were 75 bales of drugs on board.[1]The interception was part of an
international anti-smuggling operation supported by the American Joint
Interagency Task Force South, which tracks suspect transports in the Caribbean
and the eastern Pacific to disrupt smuggling routes and criminal networks.[1]The identities of those arrested and the origin and destination of the drugs had
not been published.[1]
A United States task force account described the same maritime interdiction as
roughly 5,826 pounds of marijuana and 661 pounds of cocaine.[2]That account
said Costa Rican authorities launched interceptors, intercepted the vessel and
towed it to a port, as reported by the Joint Interagency Task Force South in a
12 November post.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Cannabis
2.642 t
Agency
Joint Interagency Task Force South
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (2.642 t)
Activity
Smuggling
Setting
Vehicle
Case stage
Under investigation
Date
Publication date
Sources
Headliner.nlcrime.headliner.nlNLSnelle go fast drugsboot met duizenden kilo's wiet en cocaïne onderschept in Stille Oceaan
No separate date for the interception was given; 13 November 2026 is the publication date of the submitted report and is used as the incident date, while the task-force account was posted on 12 November.
No interception coordinates, landing port, nationalities, names, charges or court outcome were published.
The origin and destination of the boat and drugs were not reported.
The 300 kg of cocaine is mentioned for context and excluded from the cannabis figures; the 75 bales held a mix of cannabis and cocaine that cannot be split by bale.
The cannabis weight is reported as just over 2,642 kg in one account and roughly 5,826 pounds (about 2,643 kg) in the other; the report uses 2,642 kg.
Costa Rica's National Coast Guard intercepted a registration-free, flagless fast boat 118 nautical miles south of Cabo Matapalo and seized nearly two tonnes (about 2,000 kg) of marijuana, in a joint operation with the US DEA and the Colombian Navy. Two crew, an Ecuadorian and a Nicaraguan, were detained and taken to Golfito; the packages bore 'Made in Colombia. Lo mejor de Caro Quintero' stickers.
Costa Rica's National Coast Guard detained two Ecuadorian men in a 38-foot go-fast boat 52 nautical miles south-east of Punta Burica and seized 2,648 one-kilogram marijuana packages at Golfito. The Public Ministry is deciding their legal situation, and no charges or court step have been reported.
Fuerza Pública officers seized nine packs and 158 doses of suspected marijuana plus cash at the Miraflores dike in Taras, Cartago, after three suspects fled. The mixed seizure also contained crack, cocaine, tusi and ecstasy and was handed to judicial authorities.
Costa Rica's National Coast Guard reported seizing 14,912 kilos of marijuana as part of more than 44 tonnes of drugs intercepted in maritime operations so far in 2026, with 66 people apprehended and 26 vessels seized. The South Pacific accounted for 24 interventions against one in the Caribbean, in operations the service attributed to joint work with the United States, Panama and Colombia.
