3月23日，2026年/美国东部时间上午11:03 / CBS/美联社
波多黎各当局周一在该岛北海岸附近截获一艘走私船上的可卡因，价值估计达1200万美元。
警方声明称，执法人员在里奥格兰德镇附近海域拦截了一艘26英尺长、无标识的船只。经过追捕，三名嫌疑人被拘留，船上发现了1800多磅可卡因。
警方表示，联邦当局正在接手此案。
这是近年来波多黎各海域最大规模的缉获行动之一。这个美国海外领地长期以来一直是向美国大陆和欧洲走私毒品的中转点。
仅在过去几个月，波多黎各就发生了多起大型毒品缉获案件。美国海关和边境保护局称，2月26日抵达波多黎各首府圣胡安的一艘货船中，当局查获了约214磅隐藏的可卡因，价值约170万美元。
今年1月早些时候，美国海关和边境保护局特工表示，在接到有关该地区两艘船只可疑活动的报告后，其船员与美国海岸警卫队合作，在波多黎各海岸附近查获了10包疑似可卡因。这些包裹重近780磅，街头总价值估计超过500万美元。
去年年底，美国海关和边境保护局称，其官员在圣胡安的一辆货运拖车里查获了近1000磅可卡因。
$12 million worth of cocaine found on smuggling boat off Puerto Rico, police say
March 23, 2026 / 11:03 AM EDT / CBS/AP
Authorities in Puerto Rico on Monday seized cocaine worth an estimated $12 million off the island’s north coast.
A police statement said officers intercepted a 26-foot-long boat without identification in waters off the town of Río Grande. Following a pursuit, three suspects were detained and more than 1,800 pounds of cocaine were found on board.
Police said federal authorities are taking over the case.
It is one of the biggest seizures in Puerto Rican waters in recent years. The U.S. territory has long served as a transit point for drugs being smuggled into the U.S. mainland and Europe.
There have been several large drug seizures in Puerto Rico in the last few months alone. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, authorities seized roughly 214 pounds of cocaine hidden in a cargo ship that arrived in San Juan, the Puerto Rican capital, on Feb. 26. That haul was worth approximately $1.7 million, the agency said.
Earlier, in January, CBP agents said their crews worked with the U.S. Coast Guard to seize 10 bales of suspected cocaine off the coast of Puerto Rico, after receiving reports of suspicious activity involving two vessels in that area. The bales weighed nearly 780 pounds and were estimated to have a street value of more than $5 million altogether.
At the end of last year, CBP said its officers seized almost 1,000 pounds of cocaine from a cargo trailer, also in San Juan.
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