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Mexico navy seizes more than eight tonnes of illicit cargo in record drugs bust
Six boats among impounded assets worth at least $100m off country’s south-west coast, navy says, after arresting 23 people
Mexico’s navy has said it arrested 23 people in its largest-ever drugs bust, seizing over eight tonnes of illicit cargo in an operation off the country’s south-western Pacific coast.
“Navy personnel seized 8,361 kilograms of illicit cargo, which represents the largest amount of drugs seized in a maritime operation, unprecedented in history,” a statement from the ministry of the navy said on Friday.
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