Pyongyang, September 8 (KCNA) -- The Colombian Navy has seized 1.1 tons of cocaine on a small boat captured in the Pacific Ocean close to international waters, a navy spokesman said Monday.

Hernando Wills, commander of Colombia's Pacific Naval Force, said the operation was conducted in an area known as Bocas de Charambira in waters off the central province of Choco and three people were detained.