Coast Guard Cutter Hauls Record $1.4 Billion Worth of Illicit Cocaine and Marijuana

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Coast Guard vessel offloaded the largest single haul of interdicted illegal drugs worth more than $1.4 billion on Thursday in Port Everglades, Florida.

Coast Guard Cutter James offloaded around 59,700 pounds of cocaine and 1,430 pounds of marijuana, the largest single haul in Coast Guard history, according to the agency.

The drugs are the result of 27 interdictions of drug smuggling vessels performed by 10 American, Dutch and Canadian ships.

โ€œTodayโ€™s offload is a result of our combined efforts of our inter-agency partners and a dedicated international coalition,โ€ Vice Adm. Steven Poulin said in aย statement.

Poulin praised the Canadian Defence forces, which were involved in the operation.

โ€œTogether we will disrupt, defeat and degrade transnational organized crime. We will strengthen our efforts and continue to build collaboration and capability,โ€ Poulin said.

The interdictions took place โ€œoff the coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean Sea,โ€ the Coast Guard said.

A number of U.S. federal agencies are involved in the interdiction campaign, including the Pentagon, the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security.

The Coast Guard performs the boardings of the suspected vessels. Other agencies and international partners are involved in monitoring the vessels and prosecuting the smugglers.

โ€œCanada and America are committed to expanding cooperation on defending North America against illicit trafficking and transnational crime and working together within our alliances,โ€ Maj. Gen. Paul Ormsby, a Canadian defense attache, said in a statement.

โ€œWe know that no nation can do it alone, and we know that we are stronger together. The kind of cooperation that we see on the pier today is one of the thousands of impressive examples of cooperation every day.โ€

President Donald Trumpย directedย the Pentagon in 2020 to boost efforts to interdict illegal drugs in international waters. In response to Trumpโ€™s order, the Department of Defense deployedย 75 percent more surveillance aircraft and 65 percent more ships for interdiction operations.

By Ivan Pentchoukov

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