MIAMI, Fla. (WFLA) — The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded an estimated $140.9 million value of unlawful medicine at Port Everglades Friday.
The medicine, which officers suspect had been certain for the USA, had been seized from six suspicious vessels stopped between April 12 and Might 7 within the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea.
Altogether, the contraband amounted to just about 19,055 kilos of cocaine and marijuana — 10,000 kilos of which was seized from a single fishing vessel stopped 1,200 miles west of the Canary Islands.
Authorities mentioned the drug exercise was linked to a number of transnational prison organizations, together with Tren de Aragua, a gang with roots in Venezuela.
The Coast Guard’s Calhoun crew was concerned in nearly the entire interdictions.
“I am extremely pleased with Calhoun’s function in persevering with to disrupt the movement of illicit narcotics,” mentioned Capt. Matthew Hammond, Calhoun’s commanding officer. “The Coast Guard and our companions work tirelessly to disclaim drug trafficking organizations entry to smuggling routes certain for the USA and dismantle transnational prison exercise overseas, which threaten Individuals right here at dwelling.”
