Picture courtesy of United States Coast Shield
MIAMI – The U.S. Coast Shield in Miami offloaded about 5,300 kilos of cocaine and marijuana virtue an estimated boulevard price $14.1 million next 4 interdictions within the Caribbean Sea.
In line with a press let go, the Coast Shield seized the contraband on Might 2 in an struggle to stumble on and interdict illicit drug traffickers at the prime seas that comes to vital interagency and world coordination.
Joint Interagency Activity Power-South, in Key West, conducts the detection and tracking of aerial and maritime transit of unlawful medication.
“Stopping harmful and illicit narcotics from reaching our shores and entering our communities is a team effort,” stated Cmdr. Karen Kutkiewicz, Venturous’ commanding officer. “It takes the combined efforts of our joint force DoD, DHS, and international partners to combat transnational criminal organizations.”
The contraband used to be seized throughout a sequence of operations the usage of staff contributors onboard the USCGC Venturous, a 210-foot Reliance-class medium perpetuity cutter homeported in St. Petersburg below U.S. Coast Shield Atlantic Segment Command.
