US EditionCoast Guard Seizes $28M in Cocaine Off Miami Beach in What Officials Call Record-Setting Haul
The seizure involved 3,715 pounds of cocaine worth $28 million, marking the largest such Coast Guard interdiction since 1995, officials said.
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Coast Guard Busts $28 Million Worth of Cocaine in Yacht off Miami Beach
Coast Guard ship | Jewelsy via iStockPhoto Have you ever wondered what a $28 million cocaine bust looks like? On Tuesday in Miami, it looked like 3,715 pounds of the illegal drug divided into more than 1,000 packages. All of it was concealed in a relatively small yacht. The three suspected drug smugglers may have thought the USCG’s small boat station wouldn’t check as thoroughly. But now they’re in jail and awaiting trial. (Pictures embedded bel…
A large-scale operation off the coast of Miami Beach ended with the seizure of a huge load of cocaine and the arrest of three people, in which the authorities qualify as one of the most forceful blows against maritime drug trafficking in decades. The action took place in waters close to Government Cut and allowed more than 1,700 kilos of drugs to be removed from circulation, preventing them from entering distribution networks in the United State…
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