Crime & Safety

Coast Guard Offloads More Than A Billion Dollars Worth Of Seized Drugs At Port Everglades

Pallet after pallet including 54,500 pounds of cocaine and nearly 16 thousand pounds of marijuana covered the deck.

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February 18, 2022

Talk about a major haul. The U.S. Coast Guard is offloading 54,500 pounds of cocaine and nearly 16 thousand pounds of marijuana at Port Everglades.

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The drugs were seized during multiple interdictions in the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean Sea.

Its deck covered with pallet after pallet of more than 70,000 pounds of drugs. 54,500 pounds of cocaine and nearly 16 thousand pounds of marijuana.

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