Joint Operation in the Caribbean Sea by US Coast Guard and UK Royal Navy Seize Millions in Cocaine From a ‘Narco Sub’
Drug trafficking through the Caribbean sea is becoming ever more common, so the US Coast Guard and the UK Royal Navy have joined efforts to counter this criminal activity that is using modern vessels to try to evade detection by law enforcement.
The U.S. Coast Guard said earlier in the week that it had offloaded more than $54 million worth of cocaine intercepted in the Caribbean Sea in a ‘complex counter-drug mission’.
That including over 1,200 pounds of cocaine that was seized from a semisubmersible vessel, or so-called ‘narco sub’.
CBS News reported:
“The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence offloaded more than 4,125 pounds of cocaine with an street value of about $54 million in Port Everglades,
