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This is the shocking moment Colombian and United States authorities intercepted a speedboat as part of a raid that hauled in $166 million of cocaine.
Surveillance video shows the narco watercraft idle in the Pacific Ocean waters off the coast of Punta Remedios, El Salvador, as authorities zeroed in on the boat.
Footage shows three of the seven suspected drug traffickers who were detained voluntarily holding their hands up as authorities pulled up to their speedboat.
At least two of the suspects were identified as Ecuadorian nationals while the other five were all natives of Colombia.
The National Police of Colombia said the boat and another similar vessel were busted 406 and 430 miles, respectively, off Punta Remedios, with the two found to be carrying a combined $166 million worth of the illegal drug.
One of the two speedboats that were intercepted by the Colombian and U.S. military about 400 nautical miles off the Pacific Ocean coast of Punta Remedios, El Salvador, last week. The shipment, a total of 4,156 kilos, had a value of $166 million
