MIAMI – Two law-enforcement boarding teams from the Coast Guard Cutter Forward assisted Royal Bahamian Police Force officials and U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agents Wednesday in locating more than 360 pounds of cocaine and 46 pounds of marijuana hidden within a Haitian-flagged vessel.
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Coast Guard Announces A Successful Year of Drug Seizures
CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen at a gathering with officials from CBP, FBI, JIATF-S, U.S. Attorney’s Office, announced today another successful year for drug seizures at Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater.
Coast Guard recovers drugs from South Padre Island
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas — Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection crews recovered bundles of marijuana that washed ashore on South Padre Island Thursday afternoon.
Coast Guard interdicts 630 pounds of marijuana
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Dolphin interdicted 630 pounds of marijuana Tuesday while on patrol in the Caribbean Sea.
Coast Guard keeps millions in drugs off streets
MIAMI – In the last six weeks, Florida-based Coast Guard units have aided in the interception of almost 13,300 pounds of cocaine worth more than $180 million and more than 4,600 of pounds of marijuana worth more than $4 million.
Coast Guard offloads 2,500 pounds of marijuana
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous, while on routine patrol in the Caribbean Sea Thursday, interdicted a vessel with four people and 107 bales of marijuana aboard.
Coast Guard Cutter Drummond Drug Bust Video
Miami – The crew of the Miami-based Coast Guard Cutter Drummond offloads more than $560,000 worth of marijuana Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, at Integrated Support Command Miami.
Drummond’s Commanding Officer Lt. Chad Brick discusses the events of the bust, which was his first as the Drummond’s CO.
Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Ameen.