The US Coast Guard has seized 70,000lbs of cocaine and marijuana worth more than $1billion after a month-long operation off the coast of South America.
The Fort Lauderdale haul of illegal narcotics brought home by the U.S. Coast Guard cutter James was one of the biggest in recent history, a reflection of increasingly sophisticated U.S. arsenal that includes powerful drones and special infrared cameras that can detect heat from small cocaine-laden vessels.
But it also highlights a recent surge in narcotics coming from Colombia, a close U.S. ally and the world’s top producer of cocaine.
The Biden administration’s top anti-narcotics officials traveled to South Florida to welcome back the vessel’s crew and tout the Coast Guard’s role interdicting drugs before they reach American streets.
The Fort Lauderdale haul of illegal narcotics brought home by the U.S. Coast Guard cutter James was one of the biggest in recent history, a reflection of increasingly sophisticated U.S. arsenal that includes powerful drones and special infrared cameras that can detect heat from small cocaine-laden vessels
