30,000 Pounds of Cocaine Seized at Sea
The Coast Guard and Navy seized 30,000 pounds of cocaine from a boat off South America’s Pacific coast this month in what authorities called the largest-ever seizure of the drug at sea.
On Sept. 17, the Curts, a Navy frigate based in San Diego, intercepted the Lina Maria, a Cambodian-flagged fishing boat, about 300 miles west of the Galapagos Islands. A Coast Guard team boarded the boat and found 30,000 pounds of cocaine hidden in a sealed ballast tank.
A second seizure was made Friday in the same area. Both boats had Colombian crews and were believed to have come from Colombia.
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