Personnel from the Secretary of the Navy (Semar) intercepted a smaller vessel with five alleged criminals in the waters of the Pacific Ocean, who had approximately 1.5 tons of cocaine on board, in the state of Chiapas.

This action was carried out during a maritime patrol flight, where naval personnel sighted a smaller vessel approximately 150 nautical miles southwest of Puerto Chiapas.

Subsequently, an ocean patrol from the Mexican Navy went to the area to intercept the vessel.

According to the protocols, an inspection was carried out where naval personnel detained five people and secured the boat with three outboard motors and 51 packages weighing approximately 1,530 kilos of cocaine.

The Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch, highlighted this blow to drug trafficking and shared a video of the operation on social networks.

The ministerial authorities will determine the exact weight of the seized drugs, which will be added to the official statistics of seizures made by Semar during the current administration, which amount to almost 78.5 tons of cocaine seized at sea.

With this seizure, the distribution of approximately 3.6 million doses of drugs was prevented and an estimated economic impact of 19 million dollars was generated for organized crime, which contributes to weakening their financial and operational structures.

With these actions, the Secretary of the Navy, together with the institutions of the Security Cabinet, reaffirm their commitment to maintaining permanent maritime, air and land surveillance operations to inhibit the activities of organized crime, strengthen the rule of law and contribute to the security of Mexicans.