The US Coast Guard has seized nearly 30,000 pounds of cocaine and more than $475 million worth of cannabisunloaded it Thursday at the Miami Beach, Florida base.
The drugs, by an international crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Legare have been found in international waters. According to a US Coast Guard, the operation was carried out jointly by the US Coast Guard, the US Navy, the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard and the Royal Netherlands Navy to seize drugs from suspected cartels press release.
“I am proud of the crew’s continued dedication to duty that has made this discharge possible,” he said CDr. Jeremy M Greenwood. “The drugs seized through this coordinated effort will result in significantly fewer drug overdoses.”
The Coast Guard said that fighting drug cartels and criminal organizations requires a great deal of unity at various stages of the process.
“From detection and surveillance, to interdiction and arrest, to prosecution by international partners and US Attorneys’ offices in counties across the country. Detecting and stopping illegal drug traffickers on the high seas requires significant inter-agency and international coordination.”
Recent Florida Drug Crisis: Fentanyl
Another multi-agency effort involved a two-year undercover drug investigation that led to the arrests of 85 people, including six leaders of a drug smuggling ring, in mid-August, according to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
The two-year investigation revealed a “very different kind of operation”. said Polk County Sheriff Grady Juddwhen it announced the seizure of 268 pounds of methamphetamine and 6.8 ounces of fentanyl smuggled from Mexico through California and then into the streets of central Florida into Florida.
“Now that doesn’t sound like much, only 6.8 ounces. But according to our DEA partners, 2 milligrams of fentanyl can be a fatal overdose,” Judd said. “That means 6.8 ounces of fentanyl…
