Coast Guard offloads more than 75,000 pounds of drugs interdicted in Central American waters

Published August 25, 2025 11:33am ET



The Coast Guard seized more than 75,000 pounds of illegal narcotics, valued at $473 million, from late June to mid-August, the service announced on Monday.

The 76,140-pound haul, which was obtained in 19 different interdictions in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, included nearly 16,000 pounds of marijuana and more than 60,000 pounds of cocaine, the largest offload of the drug by the Coast Guard.

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