Coast Guard unloads record amounts of cocaine and cannabis

Coast Guard personnel hit the headlines with their record cocaine and cannabis dumps in Point Everglades.

The offload is taking place today and the total amount of narcotics is estimated to exceed $ 1.4 billion. This is currently considered to be the largest shipment in Coast Guard history.

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Coast Guard makes the drop

The crew handling this massive discharge is aboard the Coast Cutter James. They bring in about 59,700 pounds of cocaine and 1,430 pounds of cannabis in total. The narcotics were confiscated from the bans in the East Pacific and the Caribbean.

“It’s a great team effort,” said Carson McCluskey, one of the crew. He has been with the Coast Guard for 14 months. “We use small boats; we use helicopters; We use people on land. And we just all come together to make this happen. “

Captain Todd Vance, who heads the operation, said the drugs had been confiscated in the past three months. He also claims they are double what it banned in the fall of 2020, another big prey making it the biggest so far.

“Any cocaine bail on this flight deck that doesn’t make it to our shores represents lives saved in New York City, Philly, Chicago, Los Angeles, or any other small town battling a drug overdose pandemic this year “Said Captain Vance, commanding officer aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter James.

The next step is to turn the intercepted drugs over to an agency team that will work with the U.S. Attorney’s Office to find out who is responsible for the illegal deliveries and prosecute them accordingly.

Coast Guard cleanup

While this case of the offload is making headlines due to its record-breaking nature, it won’t be the Coast Guard’s first huge offload this year. In March, Coast Guard Cutter Munro unloaded around 8,200 pounds of seized cocaine and 11,450 pounds of cannabis at the Alameda Coast Guard base in California.

The crew also transferred 12 detainees they had held, along with an additional 9,200 pounds of cocaine and 2,150 pounds of cannabis before unloading to San Diego law enforcement.

The total estimated sum of the loot was US $ 330 million and was confiscated in the first half of the year in the Eastern Pacific when there were 15 suspected drug smuggling bans.

“National security commissioners like Munro are national assets and are groundbreaking in the US government’s ability to halt shipping,” said Vice Admiral Linda Fagan, commander of the Coast Guard Pacific Area. “As your coast guard, we are using our unique skills and powers as military service and law enforcement agency to secure the country’s maritime border and prevent the illegal activities of dangerous cartels. This outsourcing demonstrates another successful cycle of justice.

“Transnational criminal organizations have not slowed down because of the pandemic, and the Coast Guard women and men continue to be on the front lines protecting our nation,” said Munro commander Captain Blake Novak. “Our crew intercepted a group of suspected smugglers every 90 hours for an average of 45 days and confiscated nearly 30,000 pounds of cocaine and marijuana valued at over $ 330 million. Maintaining such a high level of performance was only possible through total team effort. This crew set the bar for excellence and I’m incredibly proud of them all. “
As the debate rages on decriminalizing cannabis and how to help those affected by the war on drugs, one thing is crystal clear: armed forces like the Coast Guard are still bringing in huge amounts of black market drugs due to supply and demand. It’s unclear whether decriminalization of cannabis at the federal level would lead to black-market marijuana seizures becoming rarer.

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