Coast Guard Seizes Nearly 3,000 Pounds Of Cocaine
The U.S. Coast Guard captured more than a ton of cocaine during two operations in the Caribbean in recent weeks.
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The U.S. Coast Guard captured more than a ton of cocaine during two operations in the Caribbean in recent weeks.
In the latest twist in the war against drugs, smugglers have turned to stealth techniques to sneak massive amounts of drugs into the US, by hiding the cargo beneath the waves where it's hard to spot. But, for the second time in just a few months, the Coast Guard has spotted the smugglers, seized their cargo, and watched as their drug sub sank to the bottom of the sea.
The Coast Guard showed off a major cocaine bust in Key West Wednesday.
Fifteen thousand pounds of cocaine, worth more than $180 million, seized from a drug sub in the Caribbean, was offloaded in Miami Tuesday morning.
The U.S. Coast Guard has recovered a so-called "narco submarine", used by Colombian drug cartel members to export cocaine into the United States.
If you found a block of something floating in the water off the Florida Keys, chances are your first reaction would not be to start munching on it. Unfortunately, that's not the choice 53-year-old Thomas Swindal made, and it probably killed him.
If you were in Miami-Dade bond court on cocaine charges Thursday morning, you got quite a reprieve.
A former top Bolivian counternarcotics official and a co-conspirator pleaded guilty Thursday to federal cocaine trafficking charges, promising to help U.S. drug investigators in hopes of shaving years off their prison sentences.
Jamaican reggae singer Buju Banton is asking for a reduced prison sentence. He faces a mandatory minimum of 15 years in prison at his sentencing hearing June 23 in Tampa federal court.
A City of Miami police officer is on the other side of the law after he was arrested and charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine.
A 27-year veteran of the Miami-Dade police department has been arrested on drug charges.
While Miami-Dade Police await the cause of death of a four-month-old Homestead boy, a judge has ordered two home investigations of two relatives for the 3-year-old girl who was living in the same house.
An investigation is underway after a small amount of cocaine was found at facility at the Kennedy Space Center.
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter had quite a catch off the coast of Panama on December 17th. The intercepted boat was hauling cocaine, with an estimated wholesale street value of $48 million.
Broward Sheriff's deputies conducted a major crackdown on crime in South Florida.
South Florida, once known as the illegal drug capital of the country has now earned another dubious distinction among those fighting crime. A distinction for a quieter, less violent crime, but one that's become just as costly as the drug trade. We're talking about Medicare fraud.
