On the Pacific coast, andit was approximately 12:56. Whenwhen their strange rescue becomesbecame real. It happened when the crew saw 3three men floating in the water by using little balesbarrels to stay afloat. The crew acted quickly by throwing them life belts to pull them from the Pacific Ocean. After the men and cargo were taken back to shore, chemical tests were conducted. Results showed that the barrels were cocaine. The ColumbianColombian Navy discovered theyhad found the three men floating on 1,265 kilograms (2,789 lbs) of cocaine. The three have been turned over to prosecutors and are awaiting charges for the trafficking, manufacturing, and possession of narcotics (Guy). Although this amount is extreme, Colombia has long been a significant producer of cocaine, and the amount of land used for cocaine production recently reached a record high, according to a September 2018 report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC).(UNODC) (Guy). Sadly, this is no surprise seeing ColombiaśColombians try to smuggle drugs to get wealthy. Even worse, most of these illegal drugs are smuggled into America. According to the UNDOCUNODC report, Colombia leads the world in cocaine manufacturing, while North America is home to the majority of cocaine users (Guy). The articledarticle continues, and statsstates that in March at a port in New York and New Jersey seized about three thousand and two hundred3,200 pounds of cocaine. In, in what authorities said was the largest cocaine seizure at the port in nearly 25 years, and the second-largest of all time (Guy). The drugs were found aboard a boat that entered the US from Buenaventura, Colombia. They had an estimated street value of $77 million. Since this incident, the U.S has vowed to work with ColumbiaColombia to lower the population of the coco (thatcoca plant (the plant used to make cocaine).