U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell crew members intercepted over 2,450 kilos of cocaine valued at about $32.2 million within the Caribbean Sea.
It was offloaded in Miami on Tuesday.
The narcotics had been seized in worldwide waters in two separate instances, with help from Cutter Richard Nixon, Cutter Dauntless and the Joint Interagency Activity Pressure South.
Additionally taken into custody had been six suspected smugglers, who now face prosecution by the Division of Justice in federal courtroom.
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“Due to the large efforts of the Coast Guard crews and company companions concerned with this interdiction, Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell introduced these suspected smugglers and illicit contraband ashore for prosecution,” Lt. Cmdr. Colin Weaver stated. “Coast Guard crews proceed to ship on our essential missions of homeland and maritime safety to avoid wasting lives and thwart transnational prison organizations working within the Caribbean.”
The Coast Guard stated the operations had been a part of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Activity Forces (OCDETF) designated investigations.
The duty power goes after high-level prison organizations that pose a risk to the U.S. by figuring out, disrupting and dismantling them utilizing a multi-agency strategy involving prosecutors.
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The detection and monitoring of maritime and aerial drug trafficking is carried out by the Joint Interagency Activity Pressure in Key West, Florida.
The Coast Guard stated when an interdiction is imminent, the army department takes over the regulation enforcement section, the place it intercepts the drug traffickers and apprehends them.