The United States Coast Guard offloaded drugs worth more than $1.4 billion at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday.
The agency announced that the crew of the Cutter James offloaded about 59,700 pounds of cocaine and approximately 1,430 pounds of marijuana.
Coast Guard officials said it was the largest offload in the vessel’s history. Multiple Coast Guard units, along with the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and Canadian partners, assisted with the effort, the agency said.
Also Thursday, the El Salvador Navy said it seized a boat carrying more than $34.2 million worth of cocaine off the Port of Acajutla. Six foreign nationals were reportedly arrested.
ArLuther Lee of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution contributed to this report.
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