WATCH: Coast Guard seizes more than $1 billion of narcotics

By Jenny Goldsberry

Published February 18, 2022 11:58pm ET

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WATCH: Coast Guard seizes more than $1 billion of narcotics — In this March 7, 2017 photo, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Stratton steams through the eastern Pacific Ocean. The Stratton is one of the first US Coast Guard's national security cutters, the largest and most technologically advanced of the Coast Guard's new class of cutters. | (Dario Lopez-Mills/AP)

The Coast Guard seized roughly 54,500 pounds of cocaine and 15,800 pounds of marijuana and brought the load to Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where they said it was worth approximately $1.06 billion.

“We have collectively struck a significant blow to transnational criminal networks by removing 30 metric tons of drugs,” Capt. Todd Vance, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter James, said.

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