The U.S. Coast Guard made headlines on Thursday as it offloaded more than 4,800 pounds of cocaine, valued at over $63 million, at a port in Florida. This major bust was the result of two intense operations off the coast of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, where a shootout at sea led to the sinking of a suspected drug smuggling boat and its crew.
❌❄️@USCG Cutter Resolute's crew offloaded more than 4,800 pounds of cocaine, worth over $63 million, at @PortEverglades, Thurs. This offload was the result of 2 interdictions by HNMLS Groningen with embarked USCG LEDET 110 and HITRON, 24 miles north of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/efJcbD8f4i
— USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) June 6, 2024
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The operations were carried out by a Royal Netherlands Navy patrol boat, equipped with a U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment and a helicopter interdiction tactical squadron.
The U.S. Coast Guard revealed in a social media post that the cocaine seizure and shootout in the Caribbean Sea occurred about a week after another significant offload. In San Diego, a separate Coast Guard crew offloaded $468 million worth of cocaine, a haul resulting from eight separate operations off the coasts of Mexico, Central America, and South America.
In a related press release, the U.S. Coast Guard and Dutch authorities announced the suspension of their search for missing persons following the high-seas shootout. This decision was made after extensive efforts to locate any survivors from the sunken vessel.
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Joe and Hunter are going to be pissed when they get sent a copy of this article…
Video, please. We pay for this and should be able to enjoy it.
Sorry, we can’t make the Coast Guard produce video.
If the Coast Guard shot the drug smugglers gushing blood from bullet holes, couldn’t their bodies be spotted by looking for shark fins in a feeding frenzy?
The Feds are great at going after lucrative “drugs”, but protecting the border from pennyless migrants??
Fugget about it!!
$63 million??
That means maybe $100 was recovered but unaccounted for so the pigs & their bosses can finance some other personal luxuries off the record course. lol