Coastguard offloads $721 million worth of seized cocaine in San Diego (Video)

On Thursday, the U.S.Coast Guard in San Diego offloaded more than 47,000 pounds of cocaine seized in recent months from seafaring drug traffickers off the coast of eastern Pacific Ocean.

According to the San Diego Tribune, the 47,000-plus pounds of cocaine which would have been worth $721 million in the illegal drug marketplace, was seized between late November and early January. 

The authorities said the narcotics have been turned over to the federal agents for investigation, prosecution and, ultimately, destruction.

Speaking on the seized cocaine, Vice Adm. Fred Midgette, commander of the U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, said:

"The threat of transnational organized crime is a danger no one ship, agency, country or person can address alone. We stand alongside our interagency and international partners, resolved in a shared purpose to protect those harmed by these dangerous drugs and bring the criminals who smuggle them to justice."

Watch the video below.

 

TSR STAFF: Tanya P.! @tanyaxpayne _________________________________ #Roommates, more than 47,000 pounds of cocaine was seized off the coast of the eastern Pacific Ocean! ___________________________________ According to #TheSandiegoTribune, the cocaine was seized between late November and early January. As of now it will be turned over to federal agents and used to investigate drug traffickers before being destroyed. ___________________________________ US Attorney #AdamBraverman gave an official statement abut the huge bust saying: “To those drug-trafficking cartels that are shipping their narcotics on the high seas, you and your cocaine are on our radar.” He continued saying—read more at theshaderoom.com (?: @fox5sandiego )

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