This past Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard offloaded a record-breaking amount of more than 76,000 pounds of illegal drugs off the coast of Florida, marking the largest-ever cocaine and drug seizure in a single operation in Coast Guard history.
According to the Coast Guard reports in a recent news story, the Cutter Hamilton offloaded the drugs at Port Everglades, Florida, as part of Operation Pacific Viper. The drugs, which totaled 61,740 pounds of cocaine and 14,400 pounds of marijuana were worth $473 million.
Coast Guard officials put this seizure of drugs in perspective by explaining that with a legal dose of cocaine being as little as 1.2 grams, the cocaine haul offloaded by the Hamilton's crew contained enough lethal doses to potentially kill 23 million people.
Operation Pacific Viper is part of the nation's efforts to disrupt drug cartel activity in Latin America and stop drugs and human smuggling before they reach American shores. The Coast Guard has been working partnership with the U.S. Navy, U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Air and Marine Operations, and a ship from the Royal Netherlands Navy to patrol in international waters and protect our nation.
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https://www.foxnews.com/us/coast-guard-offloads-record-breaking-amount-drugs-florida-coast
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