US Authorities Seize More Than 3,400 Pounds of Cocaine in Marine Operations

The seizures come as U.S. forces intensify strikes against narco-trafficking vessels linked to designated terrorist organizations overseas.

Some of the 904 kilograms (approximately 1,992 pounds) of drugs that were seized during a recent Joint Interagency Task Force South operation. Courtesy of Joint Interagency Task Force South

More than 3,400 pounds of cocaine were recently seized by U.S. authorities in two separate operations that involved maritime interdictions of trafficking vessels.

The first seizure involved the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and its partners taking custody of around 1,418 pounds (643.3 kilograms) of cocaine last week as part of a maritime interdiction operation in the southeast of Puerto Rico, the agency said in a statement Monday.