Coast Guard offloads almost 4 tons of cocaine with estimated street value of $143.5 million

The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded over 7,500 pounds of cocaine at Port Everglades on Monday, CBS Miami reports. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma removed the bales, which had an estimated street value of $143.5 million.

The coke — more than 3.75 tons of it — was seized in three interdictions in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The first came on April 16, when a USCG detachment team on the HMCS (Her Majesty's Canadian Ship) Saskatoon caught five suspects on a low-profile vessel. Nearly 4,000 pounds of cocaine were seized on that craft.