A high-speed boat chase off Mexico leads to seizure of 3 tonnes of cocaine
Cocaine (representative image)
The Mexican Army has released footage of them following a speed boat at high speeds in the Pacific Ocean, in a scene reminiscent of Live and Let Die.
The chase took place 68 miles off the coast of Baja California Sur and resulted in three arrests and the seizure of three tonnes of cocaine.
Mexico's army recovered three tonnes of cocaine after a helicopter caught the high-speed chase.
Mexico is a key narcotics transit and production hub.
It is the most important foreign supplier of cannabis in the United States, as well as a major entry point for South American cocaine and Asian methamphetamine.
Cannabis is thought to account for about half of the cartels' revenue.
The majority of the trafficking and processing operations that get the drug to US customers are controlled by Mexican drug cartels.
(With inputs from agencies)