{"id":2589641,"date":"2026-04-11T12:13:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T16:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coast-guard-scores-big-win-with-massive-33-million-cocaine-seizure\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T12:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T16:21:18","slug":"coast-guard-scores-big-win-with-massive-33-million-cocaine-seizure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coast-guard-scores-big-win-with-massive-33-million-cocaine-seizure\/","title":{"rendered":"Coast Guard Scores Big Win With Massive $33 Million Cocaine Seizure"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcoast-guard-scores-big-win-with-massive-33-million-cocaine-seizure%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2589641&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A U.S.Coast Guard easter Sunday patrol in the Eastern Pacific resulted in a drug seizure valued at about $33.9 million, with 4,510 pounds of cocaine recovered from the cutter Escanaba after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-us-will-start-hitting-land-in-pursuit-of-drug-cartels\/\" title=\"Trump says US will start &#039;hitting land&#039; in pursuit of drug cartels\">suspected narco-terrorist vessel<\/a> dumped the contraband. The incident is part of Operation Pacific Viper, a broader coast Guard campaign ordered by the Trump administration to combat foreign drug cartels at sea. The operation has, to date, netted roughly 215,000 pounds of cocaine adn detained about 160 suspected narco-traffickers, with authorities citing ongoing, high-intensity efforts to disrupt cartel networks. A notable later seizure, in November 2025, saw Cutter Stone offload more than 49,000 pounds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/coast-guard-intercepts-more-than-20-million-of-marijuana-and-cocaine\/\" title=\"... intercepts more than  million of marijuana and ...\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-border-sheriff-on-border-crisis-biden-owns-this-we-had-it-under-control-under-trump\/\" title=\"Arizona Border Sheriff On Border Crisis: Biden \u2018Owns This,\u2019 \u2018We Had It Under Control\u2019 Under Trump\">illicit drugs<\/a> worth<\/a> about $362 million. DHS and USCG describe Pacific Viper as a critical component of a strategy to cut off cartel profits by surging cutters, aircraft, and tactical teams to interdict and seize drugs and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >dismantle transnational criminal organizations<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Coast Guard has made a drug bust valued at more than $33 million as part of an interdiction effort launched by the Trump administration last year.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Escanaba seized 4,510 pounds of cocaine, worth $33.9 million, while on an Easter Sunday patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, according to a Department of Homeland Security <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/04\/09\/coast-guard-cutter-escanaba-seizes-more-33-million-worth-cocaine-single\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A U.S. patrol aircraft alerted the Escanaba after it spotted a suspected narco-terrorist vessel, and the crew started throwing suspected contraband overboard.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Keeping Americans SAFE.<\/p>\n<p>On Easter Sunday, the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USCG?\">@USCG<\/a> Cutter Escanaba seized more than 4,510 pounds of cocaine worth $33.9 MILLION during a routine patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to these heroes for saving American lives by keeping these deadly drugs out of our&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DHSgov\/status\/2042365008886280583?\">April 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); 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That&rsquo;s 1.7M potentially lethal doses that&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3tbMAnLlj4\">pic.twitter.com\/3tbMAnLlj4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; U.S. Coast Guard (@USCG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USCG\/status\/2042568685982724603?\">April 10, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2025\/08\/26\/operation-pacific-viper-us-coast-guard-announces-largest-drug-offload-its-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> noted that &ldquo;Operation Pacific Viper is part of a wider effort ordered by President Trump to combat foreign drug cartels in Latin America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During the ongoing operations, &ldquo;the men and women of the Coast Guard will continue deploying overwhelming force against the cartels, cutting off the flow of drugs into the United States and put an end to the cartel&rsquo;s reign of terror,&rdquo; the release said.<\/p>\n<p>The release noted that the first 19 operations netted a total of illegal drugs worth $473 million, including 61,740 pounds of cocaine and about 14,400 pounds of marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>After the most recent seizure, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said that &ldquo;Operation Pacific Viper plays a central part of President Trump&rsquo;s fight against the cartels at sea, cutting off their ability to make money by trafficking their poison into our country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This operation has already seized over 215,000 pounds of cocaine and has arrested over 160 suspected narco-traffickers. The brave men and women of the Coast Guard are saving American lives by keeping these deadly drugs out of our communities and off our streets,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The release said that the Coast Guard &ldquo;has surged cutters, aircraft, and tactical teams to interdict, seize, and disrupt the flow of cocaine and other illicit drugs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These efforts are a critical part of the Trump administration&rsquo;s strategy to fight narco-terrorism and dismantle transnational criminal organizations,&rdquo; the release said.<\/p>\n<p>Through Operation Pacific Viper, the Coast Guard has taken in 215,000 pounds of cocaine and detained 160 suspected narco-traffickers.<\/p>\n<p>In one November 2025 seizure, the Coast Guard cutter Stone offloaded more than 49,000 pounds of illicit drugs worth $362 million.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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