The Coast Guard has caught 75,000 pounds of cocaine since the start of operation in early August Pacific Ocean Viper, the mission to defeat narcotics from South America Pacific Ocean Officials said Thursday that the ocean.
Working with other government law enforcement agencies, the Coast Guard has detained about 60 suspected traffickers in more than 80 maritime operations since August 8.
The traction of banned drugs averages about 1,800 pounds per day, nearly one ton.
“The Coast Guard is adding additional assets – cutters, aircraft and tactical teams – to stop the transfer of cocaine and large quantities of other illegal drugs, grab and destroy the transfer,” the Coast Guard official said in a statement.
Coast Guard guard captain Jeffrey Novak, deputy commander Pacific Ocean The latest milestone says the region highlights their commitment to demolishing foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations engaged in Nalco trafficking.
“The Coast Guard is bringing destructive cartels and criminal organizations to all our authority and all capabilities, to stop the flow of deadly drugs into the United States, and to ensure our borders and sea approaches,” Novak said in a statement.
The United States Southern Command Joint Inter-Agency Committee, headquartered in Key West, Florida-based, detects and monitors the air and sea transits of drugs from Latin America.
Officials said when the Coast Guard became a law enforcement action, it took over for banning and arresting suspects of smuggling.
“Operation Pacific Ocean Coast Guard officials said Viper continues to work to protect the land, counter Narco-terrorism, undermine foreign terrorist organizations, transnational criminal organizations and cartels seeking to produce and transport illegal drugs.
