The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa offloaded roughly 3,825 pounds of cocaine valued at over $28 million at Base Miami Beach on Thursday.
The seized cocaine is enough to kill more than 1.4 million U.S. citizens, the U.S. Coast Guard said in an April 16 statement. The seizure was the result of two interdictions in the Eastern Pacific Ocean as part of Operation Pacific Viper.
Cmdr. Joshua DiPietro, commanding officer of Tampa, said the performance of the crew over the past 74 days was “nothing short of phenomenal,” having seized almost $45 million in illicit drugs during this period.
“They met every challenge head-on, working seamlessly with our partner agencies and international allies to disrupt transnational criminal organizations.”…