Colombia’s Navy intercepted a go-fast boat in the South Pacific that was carrying 3.2 tonnes of marijuana valued at 3.4 million dollars.[1] The procedure formed part of maritime control and security operations with the Pacific Coast Guard Group and a surface unit of the United States Southern Command’s Joint Interagency Task Force South.[1] Naval intelligence located the launch, which had three outboard motors.[1] During the inspection, Navy personnel found three Colombian citizens aboard with 109 blue and yellow sacks containing the drug.[1]

The boat and its crew were taken to the Tumaco Coast Guard Station in Nariño, where CTI officers’ preliminary test confirmed 3,259 kilograms of marijuana.[1] Officers also seized about 600 gallons of foreign fuel in the procedure.[2] The three detainees were placed at the disposal of the competent authorities, which began judicialization proceedings.[1] The Navy said the seizure kept more than 540,000 doses from reaching illegal international markets.[1] The Navy described the result as a blow to the illicit economies of criminal organizations operating in the Colombian Pacific.[1] The Navy invited the public to report suspicious activity to line 146, available 24 hours a day.[2]