U-BOAT CAPTURED BY COAST GUARD IN WAR ON DRUGS

$569M Worth Of Cocaine Seized In Coast Guard Operation Offloaded In San Diego; VP Pence Commends Crew

LAPPL News Watch
July 12, 2019

Vice President Mike Pence visited Coast Guard members in San Diego on Thursday as they unloaded 39,000 pounds of cocaine and more than 900 pounds of marijuana seized during a large-scale operation targeting drug smugglers in the Eastern Pacific Ocean over recent months, military officials said.

The drugs were taken from boats, and in one case even a semi-submersible craft, authorities said.



"The drugs represent 14 separate suspected drug smuggling vessel interdictions and disruptions off the coasts of Mexico, Central and South America by three Coast Guard cutters between May and July 2019," the Coast Guard said in a written statement.

The crew of one of the three involved ships, the Coast Guard Cutter Munro, unloaded the nearly 20 tons of illicit cargo on Thursday at the Naval Air Station North Island in the San Diego Bay. The cutter is based out of Alameda.

Pence conveyed the President's "greetings and gratitude." to the service members.