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The Secretary of the Navy in Mexico reported that, in recent days, personnel from that institution, based in Acapulco, Guerrero, carried out the seizure of two vesselswhich were transporting approximately 2,032 pounds (922 kilograms) of cocaine, also arrested 9 people.
As if it were an action movie, surface units and aircraft from this Institution were deployed, achieving the seizure of the alleged drug, approximately 189 nautical miles (350 kilometers) southwest of Acapulco, Guerrero; in addition, the arrest of nine people (seven Mexicans and two foreigners).
In the images shared by Semar, it can be seen that the substance was wrapped in at least 26 black bags that had orange cords and that were numbered.
Notably the material seized and detained were made available to the Attorney General of the Republic, for the integration of the corresponding research folder.
It should be noted that this is not the first time that drugs have been seized in Guerrero, since just last August 15 the Navy seized 6,600 pounds of cocaine in three different actions in Guerrero and Quintana Roo.
Besides, More than 25,000 pounds of cocaine were intercepted throughout the country in August alone. In these actions, the arrest of 23 alleged traffickers was also achieved, of which 18 are of Mexican nationality.
Similarly, it was reported that in the first eight months of the current year naval personnel seized more than 83,000 pounds that were transported by sea.
According to the Secretary of Public Security in Acapulco, the dispute between the CJNG, led by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, ‘El Mencho’, the Acapulco Independent Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartelhave turned the square into a city of constant violence.