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A U.S. Coast Guard cutter offloaded 76,140 pounds of illegal drugs valued at $473 million in Port Everglades, Florida, this week — the largest drug offload in the service branch’s history.
As part of an effort called Operation Pacific Viper, the offload by the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton included approximately 61,740 pounds of cocaine and approximately 14,400 pounds of marijuana. The seized contraband was the result of 19 interdictions in international waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea.
The operation is part of a wider, ongoing effort ordered by President Donald Trump to combat foreign drug cartels in Latin America.
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