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Coast Guard offloads seized drugs worth $62.5 million

April 18, 2019
Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC-901) crewmembers hook a pallet of interdicted drugs to a crane on the flight deck of the cutter April 18, 2019, at Port Everglades, Fla. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Murray/Coast Guard)

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard is offloading marijuana and cocaine with an estimated street value of $62.5 million dollars at Florida’s Port Everglades.

The agency said in a news release that the drugs seized in international waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean will arrive in Fort Lauderdale Thursday morning on the Coast Guard Cutter Bear, which is based in Portsmouth, Virginia.

The stash includes some 14,000 pounds (6350 kilograms) of marijuana and 3,660 pounds (1660 kilograms) of cocaine.

Officials say operation involved two Coast Guard cutters and a Navy ship off the coasts of Mexico and Central and South America.

Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC-901) crewmembers stand among interdicted drugs on the flight deck of the cutter April 18, 2019, at Port Everglades, Fla. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Murray/Coast Guard)
Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC-901) crewmembers stand among interdicted drugs on the flight deck of the cutter April 18, 2019, at Port Everglades, Fla. (Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Murray/Coast Guard)
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