{"id":615941,"date":"2021-08-06T13:52:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T17:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=615941"},"modified":"2021-08-06T13:52:11","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T17:52:11","slug":"u-s-coast-guard-seizes-1-4-billion-worth-of-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-coast-guard-seizes-1-4-billion-worth-of-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Coast Guard seizes $1.4 billion worth of drugs"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fu-s-coast-guard-seizes-1-4-billion-worth-of-drugs%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=615941&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--><div id=\"attachment_2484514\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2484514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crew members from the HMCS Shawinigan, of Canada, stand at the ready before a joint news conference with the U.S. Coast Guard, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo\/Wilfredo Lee)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 10:45 AM PT \u2013 Friday, August 6, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The U.S. has seized thousands of pounds of illicit drugs in a massive drug bust. On Thursday, officials announced they offloaded nearly 60,000 pounds of cocaine and nearly 15,000 of marijuana at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The crew of the Cutter James reported the value of the drugs totaled over $1.4 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, the crew of James will offload 26 metric tons of cocaine and marijuana interdicted by multiple Coast Guard units, CBP air assets and Canadian partners,\u201d Coast Guard Cpt. Todd Vance announced. \u201cWith a wholesale street value of over one billion dollars, which is the largest offload in James\u2019s operational history.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USCG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USCG<\/a> Cutter James&#8217; crew offloaded approximately 59,700lbs of cocaine and 1,430lbs of marijuana worth more than $1.4 billion, Thurs., <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PortEverglades?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PortEverglades<\/a>, the largest offload in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CoastGuard?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CoastGuard<\/a> history.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Partnerships?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Partnerships<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Southcom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Southcom<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RoyalCanNavy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RoyalCanNavy<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8QaTcIUtv2\">https:\/\/t.co\/8QaTcIUtv2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O5SZWVQOOQ\">pic.twitter.com\/O5SZWVQOOQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USCGSoutheast\/status\/1423439392992108546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The U.S. Coast Guard said the bust took months of meticulous planning as it has been constantly fighting against international drug conglomerates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInterdicting these drugs helps bring hope, stability and economic prosperity to the western hemisphere,\u201d expressed Vice Admiral Steven Poulin of the Coast Guard. \u201c\u2026Together, we will disrupt, defeat and degrade transnational organized crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Coast Guard, this was the largest offload in its history.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/gov-newsom-enters-panic-mode-ahead-of-recall-election\/\">Gov. 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