Coast Guard offloads seized drugs worth $62.5 million

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Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC-901) crewmembers stage interdicted drugs on the flight deck of the cutter April 18, 2019 at Port Everglades, Florida – Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Murray
Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC-901) crewmembers stand among interdicted drugs on the flight deck of the cutter April 18, 2019 at Port Everglades, Florida – Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Murray

The U.S. Coast Guard is offloading marijuana and cocaine with an estimated street value of $62.5 million dollars at Florida’s Port Everglades.

The agency said in a news release that the drugs seized in international waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean will arrive in Fort Lauderdale Thursday morning on the Coast Guard Cutter Bear, which is based in Portsmouth, Virginia.

The stash includes some 14,000 pounds (6350 kilograms) of marijuana and 3,660 pounds (1660 kilograms) of cocaine.

Officials say operation involved two Coast Guard cutters and a Navy ship off the coasts of Mexico and Central and South America.

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