Police have made a dent in the illegal transnational narcotics trade with the seizure of a high-speed, modified pirogue and the arrest of four Venezuelan men and two local nationals in Moruga over the weekend.

Police said the 40-foot pirogue was outfitted with two (250) horsepower and two (300) horsepower Yamaha engines, valued at more than $1.2 million on board the $300,000 vessel, and with barrels of fuel on board.

Investigators believe the pirogue had been modified for high-speed travel, as was a tactic commonly employed by traffickers seeking to evade detection.