{"id":158874,"date":"2022-09-03T13:13:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T17:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=158874"},"modified":"2022-09-03T13:13:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T17:13:14","slug":"us-coast-guard-offloads-us3m-in-illegal-drugs-from-traffickers-in-the-caribbean-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/us-coast-guard-offloads-us3m-in-illegal-drugs-from-traffickers-in-the-caribbean-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"US Coast Guard offloads US$3M in illegal drugs from traffickers in the Caribbean Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The United States Coast Guard on Friday said that a crew from the Coast Guard Cutter, Vigorous, offloaded about 22 pounds of cocaine and 1,256 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated $3 million at Base Miami Beach.<\/p>

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In a statement, the Coast Guard said that the drugs seized is in keeping with its fight against drug cartels in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n

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\u201cVigorous is glad to have been able to make an important contribution to the Coast Guard\u2019s counterdrug mission,\u201d said Commandeer Ryan A Waters, commanding officer of Vigorous.<\/p>

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\u201cI\u2019m incredibly proud of the hardworking Vigorous crew\u2019s proficiency, teamwork and devotion to duty that enabled the detection, interdiction and boarding of a vessel suspected of drug smuggling,\u201d he added.<\/p>

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According to Coast Guard officials, the fight against drug cartels in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean, and the transnational criminal organisations they are associated with, \u201crequires a unity of effort in all phases; from detection and monitoring to interdiction and apprehension, and on to criminal prosecutions by international partners and US Attorneys\u2019 Offices in districts across the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDetecting and interdicting illegal drug traffickers on the high seas involves significant interagency and international coordination.\u201d<\/p>

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It said the Joint Interagency Task Force South in Key West, Florida, conducts detection and monitoring of aerial and maritime transit of illegal drugs.<\/p>\n

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