Coast Guard offloads $223 million in cocaine, marijuana in San Diego [Breaking]
A Coast Guard crew offloaded cocaine and marijuana valued at more than $223 million in San Diego Thursday, the result of separate recent interdiction missions on Eastern Pacific drug routes.
The Eastern Pacific has become a key battleground on the cocaine-trafficking front. Pure cocaine sourced largely from South America is smuggled at sea on custom, low-profile vessels with the assistance of Central American trafficking groups that specialize in maritime operations, according to several court cases reviewed by the Union-Tribune.
“At-sea interdictions of pure cocaine are the most effective way to limit cartels’ destabilizing effects throughout the Western Hemisphere,” Vice Admiral Michael McAllister, Coast Guard Pacific Area commander, said in a statement.
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