Coast Guard intercepts $186M in cocaine across Atlantic, Caribbean

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Coast Guard intercepts $186M in cocaine across Atlantic, Caribbean
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The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded $186 million worth of cocaine after seizing the drugs in multiple cases across the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean.

offloaded the illegal narcotics in Miami on Friday following nine separate seizures in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, the Coast Guard said in a news release.

Multiple USCG crews and a U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations aircrew intercepted the suspected smugglers.More than 14,000 pounds of cocaine were seized in international waters across the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean in nine separate cases, the Coast Guard said. "The contraband offloaded today represents the professional expertise and dedication of U.S. defense and law enforcement agencies working together to combat the flow of illicit drugs through the Caribbean Region into the United States," said Lt. Peter Hutchison, duty enforcement officer at Coast Guard District Seven, said in the release.

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