US Coast Guard seizes over $138 million in drugs during Caribbean operations

The United States Coast Guard  indicated that on Friday it intercepted more than US$138 million worth of illicit drugs during multiple operations in the Caribbean Sea.

The crew of the cutter Valiant offloaded 17,450 pounds of cocaine and 2,585 pounds of marijuana — valued at US$132 million — at Port Everglades, Florida. A day earlier, the cutter Vigorous delivered approximately 840 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated US$6.2 million, to Coast Guard Base Miami Beach.

According to the Coast Guard, the seizures resulted from six interdictions in the Caribbean Sea carried out by the agency and its interagency and international partners.

Commander Matthew Press, commanding officer of the Valiant stated that “Collaborating with the United States Navy, Royal Canadian Navy, and Royal Netherlands Navy, our multinational team disrupted transnational criminal organizations, making the world a safer place,” he added.