Roughly 9 tons of cocaine seized in international water in the eastern Pacific Ocean from mid-October to early this month was offloaded in San Diego Wednesday by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf.
Support Times of San Diego's growth
with a small monthly contribution
The drugs, worth an estimated $312 million, were seized by five USCG vessels, including the Alameda-based Bertholf, according to Coast Guard officials.
Two of the cutters are homeported in Portsmouth, Virginia, one in Charleston, South Carolina, and one in Key West, Florida.
“During at-sea interdictions, a suspect vessel is initially detected and monitored by allied, military or law enforcement personnel coordinated by Joint Interagency Task Force-South based in Key West, Florida, according to an agency statement. “The interdictions, including the actual boardings, are led and conducted by members of the U.S. Coast Guard.”
Updated at 2:36 p.m. Dec. 18, 2019
— City News Service
>> Subscribe to Times of San Diego’s free daily email newsletter! Click here
Follow Us:
