El Salvador's navy has seized nearly a ton of cocaine worth around USD 25 million and arrested eight people smuggling it on boats intercepted offshore in the Pacific Ocean, the defense ministry said today.
It was the second-biggest haul of cocaine made by the Central American country, it said in a statement.
Those arrested were eight Guatemalans and one Salvadoran. The intercept took place 335 nautical miles (620 kilometers, 385 miles) off the coast of El Salvador.
Drug smugglers often use go-fast and other small vessels to transport cocaine from South America to North America via Central American waters.
In October, Salvadoran authorities intercepted a small submarine carrying 1,681 kilos (1.8 US tons) of cocaine and arrested the three Colombians and one Guatemalan on board.
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