SAN ANTONIO – 8,200 pounds of cocaine were found in a self-propelled semi-submersible by U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the open waters of Southwest Mexico.
The 85-foot SPSS was detected by the National Air Security Operations P-3 Long Ranger Tracker aircrew in collaboration with other law enforcement partners including Information Analysis Center and Joint Interagency Task Force South.
“This is another great example of the collaborative work that goes on every day between AMO and our partners to keep illicit drugs from entering our country,” said Marshall Dillon, Director of Air and Marine Operations for the National Air Security Operations Center in Corpus Christi. “The P-3 Aircrew detected, tracked, and led the interdiction of this SPSS by one of our partners. This seizure kept over $108 million in illicit proceeds from going to transnational criminal organizations.”
In Fiscal Year 2022, AMO enforcement actions resulted in the seizure or disruption of 250,616 pounds of cocaine, 1,475 pounds of fentanyl, 25,625 pounds of methamphetamine, 1,342 weapons and more.
