Honduras seizes 2.7 tonnes of cocaine smuggled by sea
Tegucigalpa (AFP) – Honduran soldiers have seized more than 2.7 tonnes of cocaine smuggled in speedboats in the Caribbean Sea, the military said Monday.
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More than 2,700 packages weighing a kilo each were found late Sunday in the eastern region of Gracias a Dios, armed forces spokesperson Santos Nolasco said.
The haul was discovered in two boats and on a beach, he said, adding that authorities were searching for any other hidden packages.
Since the 1970s, Honduras has been a transit point for cocaine smuggled from South America to the United States.
Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez was convicted in a US court last month of conspiracy to import cocaine.
The 55-year-old was extradited to the United States in 2022, accused of aiding drug smugglers in return for millions of dollars in bribes.
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