Over the past two months Coast Guard vessels intercepted traffickers and took approximately 52,900 pounds of cocaine valued at $729 million from boats into custody.
(U.S. Consulate General in Bermuda)
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The Coast Guard seized nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars worth of cocaine over the past two months from smugglers who had attempted to move drugs by boat from Central and South America to the U.S. through international waters, according to a military spokesman.
Coast Guard vessels deployed to the region over the past two months intercepted traffickers and took approximately 52,900 pounds of cocaine valued at $729 million from those boats into custody, Coast Guard spokesman Chad Saylor confirmed to the Washington Examiner Monday.
Fifty-seven suspected smugglers were also taken into custody.
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