Over 3,600 pounds of cocaine was seized in the Eastern Pacific, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Thursday.
A CBP Air and Marine Operations (AMO) P-3 Orion Long Range Tracker crew assigned to the National Air Security Operations Center in Jacksonville noticed a “large low-profile go-fast vessel” in the ocean and tracked it for two days.
Three Colombian nationals were arrested on Dec. 17 as a result of the bust, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and 3,670 pounds of cocaine was seized. Read more here.
Officials said it was loaded with cocaine estimated to be worth $48 million.
The Jacksonville P-3 Orion crew guided the U.S. Coast Guard to the vessel’s location to intercept it cooperatively.