$94 Million Worth of Cocaine Discovered on Boat Offloaded in Miami, Coast Guard Says
Coast Guard Cutter Tampa crew offloads approximately 5,500 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated $94.6 million, at Base Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, April 20, 2021. (Charly Tautfest/U.S. Coast Guard)
21 Apr 2021
More than 5,500 pounds of cocaine worth about $94.6 million arrived in Miami after Coast Guard crews on Tuesday found the drugs aboard a boat near Colombia.
Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, which is based in Portsmouth Virginia, offloaded 87 bales in Miami Beach and turned them over to Homeland Security.
According to the Coast Guard, a vessel was spotted April 9 by maritime patrol flight in the waters near Punta Gallinas, Columbia. The law enforcement team from the cutter responded and detained three suspects who were reportedly in good condition. The names of those detained and whether they have been charged were not released Tuesday.
USCG Cutter Tampa snags nearly $100M in cocaine off Colombian coast
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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.
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Coast Guard Cutter Tampa returns from Caribbean patrol
The Tampa took part in counter-drug and migrant interdiction operations, which included stopping a vessel carrying approximately 170 pounds of cocaine.
Credit: U.S. Coast Guard District 5
Fireman Lukas Kuehne, a crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, helps move drugs during a contraband transfer aboard the cutter on an unknown date. The cutter crew conducted a 57-day counter-drug and migrant interdiction operations patrol. Author: 13News Now Staff Updated: 3:36 PM EST December 12, 2020
PORTSMOUTH, Va. For the second time in as many days, a U.S. Coast Guard cutter returned to its homeport in Portsmouth, bringing its crew home in time for the holidays.