Coast Guard unveils $721M worth of cocaine seized since late November
Karen Kucher Contact Reporter
The Coast Guard on Thursday began unloading more than $721 million worth of cocaine seized in the eastern Pacific Ocean, including some that was located with the help of drone surveillance that a Coast Guard vice admiral called "a game changer."
Between late November and early January, more than 47,000 pounds of cocaine were seized in 23 separate interdictions by U.S. and Canadian forces operating in international waters off the coast of Central America and South America, officials said.
On Thursday, cocaine bundles, some of it wrapped in colorful nylon mesh, were piled high on pallets on the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton at the B Street pier.
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