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Pedro Portal/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Coast Guard says that it has seized over 50 tons of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean since launching Operation Pacific Viper in early August, averaging nearly a ton daily. In total, 86 people suspected of narco-trafficking have been arrested as a […]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (HIDALGO, Texas) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 77 pounds of cocaine worth more than $1 million at a port of entry in Texas, officials said. Officers at Hidalgo Port of Entry in Texas referred a vehicle, a 2020 Renault Oroch, for a secondary inspection on Saturday, according to […]

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Sherbs (NEW YORK) — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell seized over a ton of cocaine with an estimated street value of more than $32.2 million dollars on Tuesday, according to authorities. The two separate seizures, which took place in international […]

CBP El Paso (EL PASO, Texas) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection saw right through a commercial refrigeration unit that, instead of being used to make ice cream, had been stuffed with more than 100 pounds of cocaine, officials said Thursday. Customs officers in El Paso, Texas, seized 146 pounds of the narcotic after discovering […]