The US Coast Guard ship ejects $ 275 million in cocaine day after a crew member lost at sea
The US Coast Guard ship that lost a crew member while operating in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Loaded over £ 37,000 On Thursday, officials said.
The Waesche Coast Guard cutter was stationed in the Eastern Pacific from December to February to intercept the drugs of drug smuggling vessels near the coast of Mexico, Central America and South America. “Significant narcotics store” happens in the area, said the coastal guard.
The ship made 11 such intercepts over two months, which was stationed, resulting in a mass withdrawal of drugs. The Coast Guard said in a statement that cocaine had estimated the value of more than $ 275 million.
“The Waesche crew faced numerous challenges during this patrol, overcoming the most difficult troubles and still had 11 successful drug interdations,” said Captain Tyson Scofield, Commander of the Waesche Coast Guard, in a statement for posting. “Their dedication, character power and resistance have secured the success of our mission, preventing more than $ 275 million of illegal narcotics to reach the United States and protect our community from the devastating effects of transnational crime.”
A photo of the American coastal guard of a tiny officer 3. Christopher Sappey
During business, a crew member identified the coastal guard As Seaman Bryan K. Lee was reported as unbridled on Tuesday, February 4, a week before the ship arrived in San Diego. The Waesche crew and other appropriate assets, including more aircraft aircraft, two Mexican navy vessels and unmanned aircraft, searched over 19,000 square miles for combined for almost 190 hours before the search was suspended on Saturday, February 8th.
The cutter conducted a “routine patrol against the drug” about 300 nautical miles south of Mexico, when Lee reported disappeared, the Coast Guard said in a statement. He deviated from the patrol in search of Lee.
The drug patrols are part of multiagenic efforts in the fight against organized crime and drug trade, the Coast Guard said. Stopping drug movement through the Eastern Pacific “requires unity of efforts at all stages, from discovering, surveillance and ban to prosecution of international partners and US lawyers’ offices in districts across the country,” said the coastal guard.
