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March 22, 2019

 Coast Guard Offloads 27,000 Pounds of Cocaine at Base Miami Beach 

                                MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa (WMEC-902) offloaded approximately 27,000 pounds of cocaine Friday at Base Miami Beach worth an estimated $360 million wholesale seized in international waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.            

May 11, 2018

 Coast Guard offloads 6 tons of cocaine in Port Everglades 

                    MIAMI —                                                The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter James offloaded approximately 6 tons of cocaine, Thursday, in Port Everglades worth an estimated $180 million seized in international waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.            

Aug. 8, 2017

 Coast Guard offloads more than 3 tons of cocaine in Port Everglades 

                    MIAMI —                                                MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba offloaded approximately 3.1 tons of cocaine Monday in Port Everglades worth an estimated $85 million in wholesale value seized in international waters off the Eastern Pacific Ocean.            

May 20, 2017

 Coast Guard offloads more than 18 tons of cocaine in Port Everglades 

                                The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton offloaded approximately 18.5 tons (16,856 kilograms) of cocaine Thursday in Port Everglades worth an estimated $498 million wholesale seized in international waters off the Eastern Pacific Ocean.            

April 23, 2017

 Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk crew returns home following 3-month patrol, seizes more than 13 tons of cocaine 

                                The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk returned home Saturday to Key West following a three-month counter-drug patrol in the Pacific Ocean.            

March 29, 2017

 Coast Guard offloads approximately 16 tons of cocaine in Port Everglades 

                                The Coast Guard Cutter James crew offloaded approximately 16 tons of cocaine Tuesday in Port Everglades worth an estimated $420 million wholesale seized in international waters off the Eastern Pacific Ocean.            

Feb. 9, 2017

 USCGC Diligence returns home after interdicting $60M worth of cocaine 

                    WILMINGTON, N.C. —                                                The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Diligence returned to Wilmington Tuesday following a 62-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific. The Diligence crew patrolled in support of the Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) South in the Eastern Pacific. Along with JIATF South, the U.S. Coast Guard works alongside interagency and international partners to prevent and respond to illegal maritime migration and narcotics smuggling from South and Central America.            

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