Ecuadorian Anti-narcotics Police seized more than 1,480 kg of cocaine and detained four Ecuadorians near the Galapagos Islands, about 1,000 km off the coast of Ecuador's mainland, Anti-narcotics chief Freddy Martinez said on Monday.
The operation called "Maremoto (seaquake)" took place in the waters about 230 nautical miles (about 426 km) off the San Cristobal Island, when two small boats named "Dorado" and "Albacora" respectively were transporting 1,482.762 kg of cocaine.
The detainees were identified as Jose Javier Intriago Velez, Washington Eugenio Delgado Cusme, Luis Angel Estupinan Preciado and Eduardo Giovanny Lopez Macias.
Martinez said the crew of a boat named "San Gregorio III" was under investigation for towing the two seized boats to international waters from Manta port.
The detainees delivered small amounts of drug from small boats to bigger boats near the coasts of Guatemala while simulating fishing operations.
Source:Xinhua
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