Whopping $360M worth of cocaine seized by Coast Guard in Eastern Pacific
Source: New York Daily News | Mar 22, 2019 | 12:39 PM
The United States Coast Guard on Friday offloaded 27,000 pounds of cocaine worth about $360 million in Miami Beach after intercepting 12 vessels suspected of smuggling drugs through the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
The massive cocaine load was confiscated off the coasts of Mexico and other countries in Central and South America.
The operations took place from January to March, Vice Admiral Daniel Abel, the U.S. Coast Guard deputy commandant for operations, said in a news conference Friday morning.
Abel thanked several law enforcement agencies, including international ones, for coming together to seize the drug in bulk form.
Read more: https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-coast-guard-cocaine-miami-20190322-hhqiif3shrg2zirbbkx3insmt4-story.html
Socal31
(2,484 posts)Office party is going to be a little more pricey this month .
TwilightZone
(25,499 posts)riversedge
(70,350 posts)groundloop
(11,527 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,159 posts)Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)Catch2.2
(629 posts)I was going to ask how we will build a wall in the ocean?
Ford_Prefect
(7,925 posts)riversedge
(70,350 posts)Blues Heron
(5,944 posts)The drug lords thank the coast guard for keeping their prices (and profits) high. Might even give them a share as thanks!
What an endless insane racket this all is.
global annual production is around 2,000,000 lbs, so they definitely have a ways to go in the interception department.
Cold War Spook
(1,279 posts)Too many jobs are being outsourced to Mexico. He should put a tariff on meth, then we can reopen our labs. I know that this bust was cocaine, but even meth is being imported.
Mr.Bill
(24,334 posts)people out of business.
Stonepounder
(4,033 posts)Along the Canadian border, along the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards, and along the Gulf of Mexico (although, at the very least Mexico should pay for the wall around the Gulf since they obviously own it).
Emergency Declaration needed immediately!!
mackdaddy
(1,529 posts)Kind of confusing. Maybe the coast guard had to take it through the Panama Canal?
GReedDiamond
(5,318 posts)...in multiple operations conducted from January through March.
"The massive cocaine load was confiscated off the coasts of Mexico and other countries in Central and South America."
It was then transported to Miami Beach by the Coast Guard, where it was offloaded, presumably to be documented as evidence before being destroyed. Or whatever they do with massive amounts of blow.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,374 posts)Either way, yes, it's a long way from the Eastern Pacific.
I'd bet some editor is yelling "No, idiot, the OTHER Pacific - the one we call ATLANTIC!"
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)In the reporting. This had to come across the southern border.......