U.S. authorities have seized 305.5 metric tons (approximately 673,512 pounds) of cocaine between Oct. 1, 2025, and June 18, apprehending 518 individuals, according to a recent operational update from an interagency task force.
The seizure of cocaine supplies has a “massive impact in the fight against transnational crime,” denying narcoterrorists around $7.2 billion in revenues, the Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATF-S) said in a June 24 post on X.
Based in Key West, Florida, JIATF-S monitors and facilitates the interception of drug traffickers in the air and maritime domains, working with 13 domestic and 20 international partners.
“This unified joint operation facilitates critical interdictions and apprehensions—choking off the flow of illegal drugs and actively degrading and dismantling Transnational Criminal Organizations,” the post said….