FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A U.S. Coast Guard crew returned to Fort Lauderdale, Wednesday, after a major drug bust at sea.
Crew members offloaded nearly 500 kilos of cocaine.
The drugs had a wholesale value of roughly $15 million.
.@USCG offloaded approximately 490 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated wholesale value of approximately $15 million in Fort Lauderdale this morning. Read more at https://t.co/0wKpAXIfaD pic.twitter.com/wYJ1r40WDK
— USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) September 27, 2017
Officials said the drugs were seized in three separate missions that took place in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
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