$181 Million Worth of Drug Grabbed by the U.S

Posted by: Kyeyune Andrew Jonathan in world news August 7, 2015

Drug: According to the statement released by the organization on Wednesday, it said that this was the largest cocaine bust of its kind.

The team also raided a semi – submersible boat carrying 16000 pounds of narcotics in July 18th 200 miles south of Mexico in the Eastern Pacific ocean. Authorities only seized 12,000 pounds of the 4000 pounds of drug of which the team left in the boat to stabilize, but was lost while towing the boat.

Though this is the largest cocaine bust of its kind, the U.S. Coast Guard has disrupted 15 other drug smuggling attempts since April, seizing $540 million and 33,000 pounds of narcotics.

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Chief warrant officer Allyson Conroy said that after seeing some thing suspicious in the water, the Stratton crew in Alameda California, was sent out on its boarding team to the location where it found the drug boat.

This ultimate cocaine burst was announced by the U.S coast guard in a statement on Wednesday. The information in the cocaine burst had to be approved by various agencies the coast guard works with in the eastern pacific.

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