USCG Cutter Tampa snags nearly $100M in cocaine off Colombian coast
By FOX 13 News Staff
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Video shows drug interdiction
This footage, provided by the Coast Guard, shows a team from the USCGC Tampa arresting three suspected smugglers and searching their small vessel off the coast of Colombia.
MIAMI - The crew of the
USCG Cutter Tampa spent Tuesday in Miami offloading nearly three tons of cocaine that they intercepted in the Caribbean Sea earlier this month.
Back on April 9, a patrol flight spotted a low-profile vessel off the coast of Punta Gallinas, Colombia. The USCGC
Tampa dispatched a law enforcement team to seize the smugglers.
Coast Guard offloads more than two tons of seized cocaine
MIAMI (WFOR) The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa offloaded more than two tons of cocaine at the Miami Beach base on Tuesday.
The 5,500 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated $94.6 million, was seized from a low profile vessel off the coast of Punta Gallinas, Colombia.
A maritime patrol flight spotted the vessel on April 9, and a law enforcement team from the cutter detained three suspects and discovered 87 bales of cocaine.
“This event is the perfect example of numerous key partners unifying our efforts to counter transnational criminal organizations who look to exploit the maritime environment,” said Lt. Cmdr. Jason Neiman, Seventh District public affairs officer, is a statement.
More than $100 million worth of cocaine found on boats now in hands of U.S.
More than 6,500 pounds of cocaine were seized, much of which has already made it to Miami.
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The Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon crew offloaded nearly $20 million in seized cocaine at Coast Guard Base San Juan on Tuesday. [ U.S. Coast Guard ]
By Howard Cohen, Miami Herald
Published 1 hour ago
Updated 1 hour ago
The Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon crew has offloaded nearly $20 million in seized cocaine at Coast Guard Base San Juan after it captured a crew of suspected drug smugglers about 45 nautical miles north of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico on Saturday.
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