U.S. border and maritime authorities reported a series of separate narcotics seizures on 3 July, blocking tens of millions of dollars in illegal drugs from reaching American streets. The interdictions, disclosed in agency statements, ranged from commercial parcel inspections in Philadelphia to maritime operations in the Caribbean Sea. Customs officers in Philadelphia said they intercepted five parcels containing a combined 57 pounds of ketamine concealed inside buckets, toys and picture frames. The shipments originated in the Netherlands and Germany and were bound for addresses in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. Investigators put the street value of the haul at about $1.5 million and have opened a probe into the smuggling network. CBP units at other points of entry reported additional finds. Officers seized 168 pounds of cocaine worth roughly $1.3 million before the load reached U.S. shores, stopped a 20-package, 50-pound cocaine shipment valued at $668,000 at the Laredo, Texas, border crossing, and uncovered 55 pounds of methamphetamine worth an estimated $513,000 in South Texas. At sea, the U.S. Coast Guard offloaded approximately 2,220 pounds of cocaine and 3,320 pounds of marijuana—valued at more than $20 million—at its Miami Beach base. The contraband was seized during four interdictions in the Caribbean that involved the Coast Guard Cutter Northland, U.S. Navy aircraft, and Canadian and Dutch naval vessels. While the seizures were unrelated, officials said they illustrate heightened coordination among federal agencies and international partners aimed at disrupting transnational smuggling routes by land, air and sea.