A fishing boat carrying one metric ton of cocaine was seized by police and four fishermen were arrested Monday off the southern Pacific coast, according to a statement from the Public Security Ministry.
The four arrested were identified by the last names Medina, Guzmán, Matarrita and Mora.
The boat, named the “Argery,” was carrying 50 20-kilo packets of cocaine. It was intercepted 10 nautical miles from Punta Llorona near Corcovado National Park.
Officials aboard a U.S. Coast Guard boat, together with Costa Rican Coast Guard and Drug-Control Police officials, stopped it during a joint patrol.
The boat was expected to be brought to the Pacific port of Golfito by yesterday afternoon, the statement said. |
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