El Salvador seizes over six tons of cocaine in Pacific Ocean
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San Salvador: Authorities in El Salvador seized over six tons of cocaine being transported in the Pacific Ocean, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said Friday.
The drugs were found Thursday by the Salvadoran Navy aboard two separate vessels, each carrying a similar quantity of cocaine and three crew members on board.
The total value of the cocaine seized was estimated to be around $167 million, according to Bukele, calling the operation “a new national record.”
He said six people were arrested.
“We continue to take the war against drug trafficking to places where it previously operated with total impunity,” the president wrote on X.
El Salvador has seized over 13 tons of cocaine so far this year, the president added, a quantity worth an estimated $332 million.
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