Coast Guard Makes Record-Breaking Drug Bust Off Coast of Florida

‘23 million lethal doses’: Coast Guard seizes record amount of illegal narcotics

The U.S. Coast Guard seized more than 76,000 pounds of illicit narcotics valued at over $473 million in an operation between June and August, the agency announced Monday.

Coast Guard Unloads Haul With Enough Illegal Drugs 'To Fatally Overdose the Entire Population of the State of Florida'

The U.S. Coast Guard announced it offloaded a record seizure of illegal narcotics at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, totaling 61,740 pounds of cocaine and 14,400 pounds of marijuana, valued at $473 million.

The Coast Guard just dumped nearly 40 tons of drugs worth nearly half a billion dollars onto a dock in Florida

The Coast Guard worked with the Department of Defense to catch 19 drug-carrying vessels off various islands and coasts.

Historic Coast Guard Bust Nets 38 Tons of Narcotics Worth $470M

The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded a record-setting 38 tons of cocaine and marijuana — valued at around $470 million — at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale that the agency said it intercepted during multiple patrols in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea over the summer.

Coast Guard offloads record 38 tons of drugs worth $470M in Florida

The 61,740 pounds of cocaine and 14,400 pounds of marijuana was the largest narcotics offload in the Coast Guard’s history.

Coast Guard makes record-breaking drug bust off coast of Florida

The U.S. Coast Guard will share more details on Monday after a record-breaking drug bust.