FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded greater than 45,000 kilos of unlawful medicine, principally cocaine, at Port Everglades on Thursday, marking what officers known as an “unprecedented seizure.”
The medicine, which authorities valued at greater than $500 million, had been intercepted throughout 14 separate interdictions of smuggling vessels off the coasts of Mexico, Central America and South America, in keeping with officers.
Whereas officers didn’t present particular particulars on the takedowns, the Coast Guard has beforehand used techniques resembling firing on boat engines from helicopters to cease traffickers.
A number of the seized narcotics had been displayed at a press convention attended by Coast Guard members and Division of Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem.
“Right here at Port Everglades, over 22.5 tons – or 45,000 lb – of cocaine and 50 lb of marijuana, valued at over half a billion {dollars}, are going to be offloaded and brought out of circulation,” Noem mentioned.
She added that the operation aligns with President Donald Trump’s border safety plan to stop unlawful medicine from coming into the US.
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