The United States Coast Guard unloaded this weekend in Port Everglades, in south Florida, a shipment of just over 17,000 pounds (about 7,700 kilos) of drugs, estimated at about 185 million dollars.
Total, The Coast Guard seized 13,803 pounds (6,266 kilos) of cocaine and 3,736 pounds (1,696 kilos) of marijuana.
Along with the narcotics, ten alleged smugglers were arrested and will face criminal proceedings in US federal courts.
The landing, resulting from six different operations, was carried out by the coast guard of the ship Mohawk after a week-long patrol through international waters of the Caribbean and the Atlantic Ocean.
"Our discharge today represents the combined efforts of US and allied military units from a Caribbean coalition of partners working together to deny drug trafficking organizations access to maritime smuggling routes," Commander David Ratner said in a statement. USCGC Mohawk Commander.
Ratner praised the hard work of the Mohawk crew while welcoming the opportunity to operate with NATO and interagency partners in support of National Security in the United States.
A portion of the seized drugs came from a self-propelled semi-submersible that was intercepted.
The operations that led to the confiscation of narcotics are the result of investigations carried out by the Organized Crime Anti-Drug Task Force (OCDETF), charged with "identifying, dismantling and dismantling the highest-level criminal organizations that threaten the United States." ".
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