Puerto Rico: 24-kilo package of controlled substance seized on Isla de Mona

Agents seized a floating package containing twenty blocks of a controlled substance, weighing approximately 24 kilos and with an estimated value of $300,000, in the waters near Playa Pájaros, on Isla de Mona, according to Metro Puerto Rico. These details are based on preliminary information.

An alert from a boater

A boater reported the drifting package on a Saturday afternoon. Rangers from the Departamento de Recursos Naturales y Ambientales received the alert and subsequently retrieved the package.

Handover to investigators

The rangers then turned the seizure over to agents from the intelligence division of the Fuerzas Unidas de Rápida Acción (FURA), who took charge of the operation. The FURA air unit, based in Ponce, assisted during the operation.

What remains unknown

The investigation is ongoing. No details have been provided at this stage regarding potential suspects or the origin of the cargo.