US Forces Interdict Aircraft With Over 600 Kilograms of Cocaine

The illicit drugs have an estimated street value of roughly $76 million.

A multi-national tracking operation led to the interdiction of an aircraft with around 636 kilograms of illicit cocaine. Courtesy of the JIATF South

U.S. authorities seized 636 kilograms (approximately 1,402 pounds) of cocaine in a multi-national operation that led to the interdiction of an illicit aircraft transporting the narcotics.

The Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) South was one of the agencies involved in the operation. It coordinated with partners from Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, and Panama to intercept the aircraft, the JIATF South said in a May 20 post on X.