By IANS/EFE,
Tegucigalpa : The Honduran Police have seized 460 kg of cocaine in the country’s Caribbean region.
The seizure took place Wednesday night in Brus Laguna district of Gracias a Dios province, police spokesman Leonel Sauceda told EFE Thursday.
The drug traffickers were preparing to load the drug onto three speedboats when a police and National Drug Enforcement Agency (DNLCN) team arrived at the scene, he said.
The drug was seized after a gun battle, but no one was hurt, Sauceda said. The speedboats and two jet skis that belonged to the drug traffickers were destroyed by the authorities.
The seized drug was transported to Tegucigalpa in a helicopter. Meanwhile, the police have launched a search for the small plane that brought the drug to Brus Laguna from South America.
The operation was carried out with support from the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).