The U.S. Coast Guard said that it had offloaded more than $54 million worth of cocaine that was intercepted in the Caribbean Sea.
The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it had offloaded more than $54 million worth of cocaine that was intercepted in the Caribbean Sea in a 'complex counter-drug mission' — including over 1,200 pounds of cocaine that was seized from a semisubmersible vessel, or so-called 'narco sub.
The vessels are sometimes seized in Colombian waters while heading to the United States, Central America and Europe. Earlier this summer, the Colombian Navy said it seized two 'narco subs' off the country's Pacific coast that together contained almost 5 tons of cocaine. In addition to the narco sub interception, the Coast Guard said eight other suspected smugglers were detained in the operations and will be prosecuted by the Department of Justice.
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