Coast Guard, Canada Navy seize 26 tons of cocaine in Pacific
Pallets containing more than 26 tons of cocaine worth at least $715 million sit on the flight deck of of 418-foot Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The cocaine was brought ashore Thursday following multiple recent seizures by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy in the eastern Pacific.
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By CURT ANDERSON | Associated Press | Published: December 15, 2016
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — More than 26 tons of cocaine worth at least $715 million was brought ashore Thursday in Florida following multiple recent seizures by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy in the eastern Pacific.
Coast Guard officers said at a news conference Thursday that the drugs brought to Fort Lauderdale came from 27 separate vessel interdictions and five bale recovery operations off Central and South America over the past three months.
Pallets containing the drugs, many wrapped in brightly colored plastic and some bearing labels such as "white sugar" or "pork," covered the entire flight deck of the 418-foot Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton.
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