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Caribbean-Latin America
US Coast Guard confiscates nearly $1BILLION worth of cocaine and marijuana off coast of Florida
2018-04-26
[DailyMail]
  • US Coast Guard offloads 13 tons of illicit drugs seized in the Pacific Ocean

  • Operations were conducted off shores of Mexico, Central and South America, part of a ‘Western Hemisphere Strategy’implemented in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean

  • The Canadian Navy helped the Coast Guard in some of the seizures

  • The drugs have a combined street value of nearly $1billion

Posted by:Skidmark

#8  amen - not in their national budgets because they're pocketing it and paying underlings. When El Jefe has no cash, you have a choice
Posted by: Frank G   2018-04-26 21:04  

#7  Weakens the power of narco state tyrants such as Venezuelas Maduro and saves US lives affected by the opiod crises.
Posted by: Omeger Gray6606   2018-04-26 16:27  

#6  1 billion, 1 trillion, doesn't matter because they can't confiscate it and sell it at action to get that money. They'll probably use the numbers to justify increasing their budget.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2018-04-26 15:23  

#5  Apparently the Coastie’s wanted to see the new canal up closes, so planned the offload in Florida?
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2018-04-26 10:04  

#4  So the 'eastern Pacific Ocean' is right off the coast of Florida? I got gypped in US History class!
Posted by: Raj   2018-04-26 09:00  

#3  The "13 tons" probably included the weight of the boats used for transport.

There's your "street value," right there.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2018-04-26 08:31  

#2  Imagination + cop math equals "Street value".
Posted by: Glaising Snusotle5882   2018-04-26 06:35  

#1  Sonny, Tubbs, Castillo, and Sonny's pet crocodile Elvis are gonna to be jealous.

Posted by: Ulaigum Ebbineng7056   2018-04-26 01:20  

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