U.S. Feds Seize 800 Pounds of Cocaine from Armed Smugglers in Caribbean Sea
Bob Price3 Dec 202030
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew teamed up with Coast Guard vessels to interdict a drug smuggling operation in the Caribbean Sea near the coast of Puerto Rico, officials stated.
During a nighttime patrol on the evening of November 23, a CBP AMO aircrew spotted a wooden vessel running without lights approaching Arecibo, Puerto Rico, according to information obtained from Air and Marine Operations officials. The airborne agents contacted the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos and a USCG Small Interceptor to interdict the “yola†type wooden vessel.
As the Coast Guard approached, two men jumped out of the boat in an attempt to avoid apprehension, officials stated. When the Coast Guard stopped the boat, they found one person left on board. The boat was hauling 13 bales of drugs. The other two men were retrieved from the water.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2020/12/03/u-s-feds-seize-800-pounds-of-cocaine-from-armed-smugglers-in-caribbean-sea/
