Mexican Navy seizes more than 1,200 kilograms of cocaine in Michoacán

The Naval Ministry connected Friday reported a large cause bust disconnected the seashore of the authorities of Michoacán, resulting successful the confiscation of 1285 kilograms of cocaine.

Security Minister Omar García Harfuch shared details of the bust astatine President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Friday greeting property conference.

En una operación encabezada por elementos de la Armada de México @SEMAR_mx se aseguró 1.28 toneladas de cocaína frente a las costas de Michoacán.
Lo asegurado representa aproximadamente 2.5 millones de dosis que nary llegarán a las calles y una afectación económica a la… pic.twitter.com/Ykc2Bag728

— Omar H Garcia Harfuch (@OHarfuch) May 23, 2025

During a regular patrol successful the Pacific Ocean, the Navy and the Coast Guard intercepted a suspicious vas and boarded it. Navy planes were summoned to safeguard the surrounding country and supply back-up. Army unit and agents from the Security Ministry (SSPC) besides participated successful the operation, García Harfuch said.

An introspection of the vas uncovered 64 packages containing 1,291 bricks of a substance presumed to beryllium cocaine. All the contraband was turned implicit to the Federal Attorney General’s Office. No arrests were reported.

In a societal media post, García Harfuch said the drugs seized correspond astir 2.5 cardinal doses, estimating the thoroughfare worth of the cocaine astatine 310.4 cardinal pesos (US $16 million).

With this latest bust, national authorities person seized 38.5 metric tons of cocaine astatine oversea since the Sheinbaum medication began connected Oct. 1, 2024.

The SSPC estimates cause seizures person deprived transgression organizations of 9 cardinal pesos (US $467 million).

With reports from El Universal, El Economista, UnoTV and N+