San Pedro Sula, Cortés.
In the Criminal Court with national jurisdiction in criminal matters, the initial hearing was held against a captain of a Chinese nationality who was in front of a cargo ship.
The judge hearing the case decreed an act of formal prosecution with the precautionary measure of the pre-trial detention against Yu Yihai, Who is allegedly responsible for the aggravated drug trafficking offense.
The judge ordered that the accused be kept in custody prison of Progress, Department of Yoro.
was the August 16th when police authorities conducted an inspection on the cargo ship and found 19 packages of alleged cocaine in a compartment of the ship that docked at one of the docks at Port Cortés.
In the boat named Mount Hikurangi were 19 foreigners of Chinese and Filipino nationality, they also found $ 25,044 (more than 600,000 lempiras). As it became known, the bulk carrier type vessel came from New Orleans, United States.
Members of the National Anti-Drug Police Directorate (DNPA), the Police Investigation Directorate (DPI) and with the legal advice of authorities from the Special Prosecutor’s Office Against Organized Crime in San Pedro Sula took part in the operation.