The United States Coastguard Service intercepted in international waters a Costa Rican vessel with four people aboard and upon inspection discovered 700 packages of cocaine, each with a weight of close to 1 kilogram.

The four men, three Costa Rican and one Nicaraguan with ages ranging from 33 to 48 years were arrested and turned to Costa Rican authorities in Golfito, Puntarenas.

As a result of a separate operation, the US coastguard captured three other men, all Costa Rican aboard a vessel of name “Adriana”, aboard which they found 600 packages weighing 1 kilogram of cocaine each.