US Coast Guard Seizes Over 45,000 lbs of Drugs at Port Everglades

Record Drug Seizure

• 🎯 The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded more than 45,000 pounds of illegal drugs, primarily cocaine, at Port Everglades.
• 💰 The seized drugs are valued at over half a billion dollars, marking an unprecedented seizure.

Interdictions and Tactics

• 🚢 The operation involved 14 different interdictions of vessels originating from Mexico, Central, and South America.
• 🚁 A tactic employed by the Coast Guard includes using helicopters to shoot bullets at the engines of drug smuggling boats to disable them.

Official Statements and Context

• 🗣️ Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen called the seizure historic and unprecedented.
• 🇺🇸 The operation is framed as part of President Trump's border security plan to prevent drugs from entering the United States.