MONTEVIDEO, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) — Uruguay’s army seized 2.174 tons of cocaine, the largest catch in the nation’s history, a board yacht near the nation’s capital Montevideo on Thursday, officials announced.
The brigade officers found drugs worth 150 million U.S. dollars on the yacht in Santiago Vazquez, 15 kilometers west of Montevideo, the head of the nation’s Anti-Drug Brigade, Julio Guarteche, told media.
Officers arrested two drug dealers. However, Guarteche did not disclose any further information, saying that he did not want the investigation to be impeded.
