Biden-era Coast Guard failed to ‘consistently’ stop drug smugglers: watchdog

The U.S. Coast Guard struggled to consistently stop drug smuggling during the Biden administration, according to a new DHS OIG report released this week.

The audit looked at the Coast Guard’s ability to stop drug trafficking across 95,000 miles of coastal waters and more than 300 ports. The agency focuses primarily on cocaine because it is the primary drug smuggled across water. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.

The report found the Coast Guard did not have enough cutter vessels to conduct the antidrug mission and "did not have a contingency plan to address the cutters’ unavailability." He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter.