Panamanian authorities announced that they have arrested ten people and seized about 13.2 tons of drugs from a U.S.-bound ferry in the Pacific on Monday.

Prosecutor Julio Villareal said the operation was one of the biggest in Panamanian waters to date, telling reporters on Tuesday that the 13 tons of drugs were “in this case, cocaine,” according to a report by CBS News.

The Panamanian prosecutor’s office shared several photos of the alleged drugs in a social media post, adding that a total of 11,562 drug packages were seized.

“A total of 11,562 packages containing suspected illicit substances were seized in an operation carried out by the Drug Prosecutor’s Office with units from [Aeronaval Panama, the country’s national security force responsible for air and naval operations],” Villar

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