The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday offloaded 76,140 pounds of illegal drugs at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the largest single offload in the service’s 234-year history. The cache—61,740 pounds of cocaine and 14,400 pounds of marijuana—was seized during 19 interdictions over the past two months in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. The agency estimates the haul’s street value at roughly $473 million. Rear Admiral Adam Chamie, commander of the Coast Guard’s Southeast District, said the cocaine represents about 23 million potentially lethal doses, “enough to fatally overdose the entire population of Florida.” Most of the contraband was captured by the national-security cutter Hamilton, working with two other Coast Guard cutters, U.S. Navy vessels, Customs and Border Protection aircraft, and the Royal Netherlands Navy’s HNLMS Friesland. Authorities detained 34 suspected traffickers. The haul eclipses the service’s previous 2021 record of 61,130 pounds and highlights the Coast Guard’s expanding role in counter-narcotics operations.
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