Honduras Seizes Ship
Carrying 4.6 Tons of
Cocaine
At least 4.6 tons of
cocaine were found on a
boat in the Caribbean
Sea and six of the
vessel's crew members
were arrested, Honduran
authorities said
Saturday.
Honduran Navy Comm. Juan
Pablo Rodriguez said the
cocaine was found on the
Honduran-flagged Eclipse
about 100 miles off the
Honduran coast in a
joint operation with the
U.S. Coast Guard. The
area is near the
Nicaraguan border.
Rodriguez said Saturday
that the officials were
still searching the boat
and the total of the
haul could end up being
more than 4.6 tons.
Honduran authorities
estimate that 100 tons
of cocaine from Colombia
pass through the Central
American nation each
year en route to the
United States.
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