Tegucigalpa, Honduras  - Narcotics officers in Honduras seized a ship loaded with 2 tons of cocaine on the Central American country's largest lagoon.

Seven men were arrested Monday when a navy speed boat stopped the vessel on the Caratasca Lagoon in north-eastern Honduras, 500 kilometres north-east of the capital, Tegucigalpa, the Honduran Navy said.

Honduran authorities estimated that drug traffickers transport about 60 tons of cocaine every year by sea and plane through the remote jungles on the border with Nicaragua.

Last month, a plane with one and a half tons of cocaine on board was impounded in the region. (dpa)