Quintana Roo, Mexico.- Wrapped in sargasso They were found on a beach in Cozumelin Quintana Roo65 kilograms of cocaine valued in the market at around 16 million pesos, reported this Tuesday the Secretary of National Defense (sedena).
The military made the seizures during reviews carried out at two points on the island. Authorities detailed that the shipment is equivalent to 65 thousand doses.
“The events occurred in the northeastern part of the Island of Cozumel, Quintana Roo, where the military personnel, when carrying out land reconnaissance on the shore of the beach, found 2 sacks that contained a total of 37 packages inside, which contain a white, compact and humid mass inside, with characteristics similar to cocaine”. was revealed in a statement.
The location was made last Sunday March 19.
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In the photographs it was observed that the drug packages were extracted from sargassum, a parasitic algae that is usually carried by the waves to the shore in this area of the Caribbean.
This morning the morenista governor Mara Lezam reported that on the eve of spring break, security elements arrived on the coast of the State.
“With the activation of 496 elements of the three orders of government, we strengthen security in the #MexicanCaribbean and prepare, in advance, to receive and care for the millions of tourists who will visit us during spring break”he said via Twitter.
With media information