A dog has died after being stabbed during a dispute between its owner and another dog walker in New York City’s Central Park on Saturday night, according to police and local reports.

Officers responded around 10:30 p.m. to a 911 call inside Central Park near East 106 Street and East Drive and found a 43-year-old woman who said an unknown attacker stabber her dog after a verbal dispute, the NYPD said.

The dog was rushed to a local animal clinic, where it was euthanized due to its injuries.

The woman had been walking her dog, a German shepherd pit bull mix named Eli, with a 51-year-old man, the New York Daily News reported, citing police.

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The pair was also walking their Chihuahua when they encountered the attacker, who was walking three dogs without leashes, the report said. 

During the ensuing argument, the three unleashed dogs began to bite Eli and the Chihuahua. When the woman tried to intervene, the attacker pulled out a switchblade and stabbed Eli, according to the report.

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Police said the suspect fled and the person's current whereabouts are unknown.

No arrests have been made as the investigation remains ongoing.

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) intercepted more than 14,000 pounds of cocaine worth over $186 million in multiple seizures across international waters, the agency said Saturday.

Coast Guard crews offloaded the illegal narcotics in Miami on Friday following nine separate seizures in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, the Coast Guard said in a news release.

Multiple USCG crews and a U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations aircrew intercepted the suspected smugglers.

Officials said 12 suspected smugglers were also taken into custody and face federal prosecution. 

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"The contraband offloaded today represents the professional expertise and dedication of U.S. defense and law enforcement agencies working together to combat the flow of illicit drugs through the Caribbean Region into the United States," said Lt. Peter Hutchison, duty enforcement officer at Coast Guard District Seven, said in the release. "This teamwork is imperative to the identification, interception, and seizure of vessels engaged in illicit trafficking and a testament to the hard work of these crews."

No details about the suspects, where the drugs had come from, or where they were going were immediately provided.

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Production and demand of cocaine has spiked around the world over the past two years, according to a March report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The report found the surge in supply followed an initial slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Globally, law enforcement interceptions of cocaine shipments also saw a sharp jump, hitting a record of nearly 2,000 tons in 2021.