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The US Coast Guard unloaded thousands of narcotics in Miami, Florida this week worth an estimated $475 million.
Coast Guard teams seized about 24,700 pounds of cocaine and nearly 3,900 pounds of marijuana Thursday at the Miami Beach base, the branch said in a news release.
The crews interdicted the drug in international waters of the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
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The US Coast Guard unloaded thousands of narcotics in Miami, Florida, worth an estimated $475 million.
(US Coast Guard)
“I am proud of the crew’s continued devotion to duty that made this discharge possible,” said Chief. Jeremy M. Greenwood, Legare’s commanding officer, said in the statement.
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A Coast Guard crew seized about 24,700 pounds of cocaine and nearly 3,900 pounds of marijuana Thursday at the Miami Beach base.
(US Coast Guard)
“Through the coordinated efforts of the Legare, the LEDET, HNLMS Groningen, CGC James and the crews of the USS Billings, we have contributed significantly to the counter-narcotics mission and the dismantling of transnational criminal organizations,” he continued.
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The crews interdicted the drug in international waters of the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean.
(US Coast Guard)
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Greenwood said the drugs seized in Miami will result in “significantly fewer drug-related overdoses.”
