Dramatic video shows Mexico Navy seize 7.2 tons of suspected cocaine in high-speed chases in Pacific

Mexican authorities seized more than seven tons of suspected cocaine in two separate raids in the Pacific Ocean, the country's navy said, and dramatic video captured the high-speed chases on the open sea.

In the first operation, footage from a Panther helicopter provided by the navy showed a boat chase southwest of the city of Manzanillo. Naval officers aboard a patrol vessel intercepted three speedboats, the navy said in a Friday news release. Authorities seized 126 packages containing 5.6 tons of suspected cocaine, marking the largest drug seizure of the current administration. The navy said 15 suspects were arrested and over 1,000 liters of fuel was confiscated.

In a second operation, naval patrol boats and a helicopter retrieved 32 packages floating in the water, which contained suspected cocaine weighing about 1.6 tons.  A small speedboat with three outboard motors was also confiscated. That raid was carried out near the coastal city of Lazaro Cardenas in the Michoacan state, a region plagued by cartel violence.