Alameda Coast Guard Nabs 9,000 Pounds of Cocaine in Separate Busts The regional US Coast Guard is tooting its own horn after busting three separate smuggling vessels carrying an estimated $156 million in cocaine. Thar she blows, indeed. KRON4 brings us the news that three separate cocaine smuggling busts by the US Coast Guard unit housed in Alameda netted more than 9,000 pounds of cocaine in a recent eight-day span. KPIX adds that these busts off the California coast confiscated an estimated $156 million worth of the nose candy. These fisherman were hauling more than ‘today’s catch.’ U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro crews patrolling the Eastern...Posted by U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area on Wednesday, February 17, 2021