Sept. 22 (UPI) -- Authorities from the Dominican Republic said they have recovered cocaine from a speedboat that the United States attacked in the Caribbean last week.
It was the first joint operation between the two countries against "narcoterrorism," the Dominican Republic's National Directorate for Drug Control said.
Officials at a press conference said the Dominican Republic Navy seized 377 packages of suspected cocaine about 80 nautical miles south of Beata Island, which is part of the Dominican Republic. The total recovered was about 1,000 kilograms. About 80 packages were destroyed in the strike.
"It is noteworthy that this is the first time in history that the Dominican Republic and the United States have carried out a joint operation against narcoterrorism in the Caribbean region," a translated statement from the Dominican Republic said. "The anti-narcotics agency emphasized that this result reflects the strengthening of cooperation between the Dominican Republic and the United States, within the framework of the frontal fight against transnational criminal networks."
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