A joint operation between Colombian and Panamanian security forces seized more than two tons of cocaine hydrochloride from a speedboat bound for Central America on Tuesday, November 28.

The vessel manned by four Colombians and one Honduran was captured 24 nautical miles northwest of Punta Arenas, Necoclí - Antioquia, by units attached to the Colombian Navy and the National Aeronaval Service of Panama (Senan), guided by information from the Naval Institution and the National Police.

Aboard were 86 bags with 2,148 rectangular packages of illicit substances.

The cocaine, the crew, and the motor ship were transported to the Urabá Coast Guard Station, where officials from the Criminal Investigation Directorate (Dijin) carried out the Approved Preliminary Identification Tests (PIPH), testing positive for hydrochloride. of cocaine.

That amount represents a loss of more than $70 million dollars for the financial structures of the Organized Armed Group (GAO) Clan del Golfo.