HOLLYWOOD, Fla. \u2013 The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday offloaded more than 49,000 pounds of cocaine at Port Everglades.<\/p>\n
The seizure of some $362 million in illicit drugs was largely the result of 15 interdictions by the crews of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stone \u2014 a 418-foot national security cutter homeported in Charleston, South Carolina \u2014 and some Pacific operations, a news release states.<\/p>\n
A news conference held at Port Everglades on Wednesday featured Tulsi Gabbard, director of National Intelligence; DEA Administrator Terry Cole; Capt. Anne O\u2019Connell, commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Stone; Vice Adm. Nathan Moore, commander of the U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area; Rear Adm. Jeffrey Randall, director of Joint Interagency Task Force South; and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida Gregory Kehoe.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat you see behind me is more than just a pile of cocaine. It represents a tangible victory in our ongoing fight against transnational criminal organizations and narco terrorism. The Coast Guard Cutter Stone, under the exceptional leadership of Capt. O\u2019Connell, just completed a historic deployment. This patrol resulted in the seizure of 60,000 pounds of cocaine, which is the largest amount ever seized by a Coast Guard cutter in a single patrol,\u201d Moore said. \u201cSince August, these men and women \u2014 what you see here on the flight deck, those down below, thousands of miles away from their home and their families \u2014 they put themselves in harm\u2019s way to combat the threats that face the United States. An example of their dedication is marked by a point of deployment when the crew enabled three interdictions in a single night, seizing more than 12,000 pounds of cocaine and apprehending seven suspected traffickers.\u201d<\/p>\n
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