Police intercepted a Costa Rican fishing boat transferring packets of cocaine to a Mexican boat on the high seas Wednesday night, according to a statement from the Public Security Ministry.

The boat, named Yorleny II, was captured 250 nautical miles off the coast of the northwestern Guanacaste province near the border with Nicaragua.

Drug Control Police had determined the boat could be linked to drug trafficking and passed this information on to U.S. Coast Guard ships patrolling Pacific waters.

Upon seeing Coast Guard authorities approach, those aboard the Yorleny II began throwing the drugs overboard.

Authorities have recovered 40 of the packets thrown overboard and seized another 40 from the Mexican boat identified as Jurel IV. These 80 packs of cocaine add up to about 800 kilograms.

Police arrested six Costa Ricans and one Nicaraguan accused of trafficking the drugs. Yorleny II is the fourth Costa Rican fishing boat to be busted for carrying cocaine this year.

-Tico Times