The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded a whopping 28,000 pounds of cocaine at Port Everglades on Thursday.
According to an official press release from the U.S. Coast Guard, the “seized contraband was the result of four interdictions in the Eastern Pacific by the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Thetis and an embarked MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron based out of Jacksonville, Florida.”
The four incidents happened May 3, May 5, May 6, and May 10. On May 3, for example, a maritime patrol aircraft “located two suspicious vessels approximately 170 miles west of Mexico,” ultimately seizing 4,630 pounds of cocaine.
“The Coast Guard transferred 4,608 pounds of cocaine from this case to Ecuadorian government officials to aid them in their prosecution efforts,”
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