Federal authorities say the amounts of drugs, weapons and money seized in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico has spiked this year.
Officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations say more than 48,500 pounds (22,000 kilograms) of drugs were seized in fiscal year 2015. They say that's a 93 per cent increase over the 25,000 pounds (11,340 kilograms) seized the previous year.
Officials say heroin and marijuana seizures were each up by 170 per cent and cocaine seizures by 47 per cent.
Authorities said Thursday that they also arrested 1,058 criminals and seized nearly $11 million in cash.
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