The operations conducted by US Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy were part of an effort to prevent vessels with drugs from Colombia, Peru and Bolivia from getting to North America.
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Over 26 tons of cocaine worth at least $715 million seized by US and Canadian officials
18 December 2016
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More than 26 tons of cocaine worth a total of at least $715 million were brought to Fort Lauderdale in Florida on Thursday, US Coast Guard officers said at a news conference, according to AP.
The drugs were seized in 27 vessel interdictions and five bale recovery operations off Central and South America that took place over the last three months. Pallets with cocaine, sometimes labelled as “white sugar” or “pork”, covered the whole flight deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton. Nearly 100 suspected smugglers were detained with some of them to be prosecuted in Florida.
The operations conducted by US Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy were part of an effort to prevent vessels with drugs from Colombia, Peru and Bolivia from getting to North America.
The operations conducted by US Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy were part of an effort to prevent vessels with drugs from Colombia, Peru and Bolivia from getting to North America.
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