Coast Guard, Navy offload more than $211M worth of cocaine, marijuana in San Diego
Posted on February 1, 2021 by Seapower Staff
SAN DIEGO – Coast Guard and Navy personnel offloaded approximately 11,400 pounds of cocaine and 9,000 pounds of marijuana Feb. 1, amounting to more than $211 million from seizures in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
The offload is the result of interdictions made by Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 407 (LEDET) personnel, who operated aboard the USS Gabrielle Giffords, and three separate Coast Guard cutter crews between October and December.
“When you are covering a drug-smuggling transit zone the size of the continental United States, every ship makes a huge difference,†said Lt. Jonathan Dietrich. “The seamless integration between our Law Enforcement Detachment and the crew of the USS Gabrielle Giffords was a major reason why we were successful in interdicting such a large amount of drugs and prevent them from reaching our streets.â€
The total amount of drugs offloaded included the following unit and Coast Guard ships:
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