Portuguese police seize 5 tons of cocaine worth $232 million from a yacht in the Atlantic Ocean

Portuguese police seized more than five metric tons of cocaine worth $232 million off a 79-foot yacht in the Atlantic Ocean in cooperation with Spanish, British and U.S. authorities. 

Portuguese police chief Luis Neves, center, addresses the media in front of bales of cocaine weighting some 5,2 tons and a seized yacht at a Portuguese Navy base in Almada, south of Lisbon, Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Armando Franca) A seized yacht used to smuggle cocaine is displayed at a Portuguese Navy base in Almada, south of Lisbon, Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

"We are always expecting [more drug trafficking] and this is the message we want to send organizations: We are waiting for you," Portugal's Judiciary Police Chief Luis Neves said at a press conference Monday, according to Reuters. 

"Those who have to fall will fall because this amount of drugs is an immense fortune and a huge blow for criminal groups."