US Coast Guard helps seize 1,500 pounds of cocaine in Caribbean Sea

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, CMC – The United States Coast Guard along with the Royal Netherlands Navy has seized 1,517 pounds of cocaine, with a street value of about US$24 million, from a go-fast vessel in the Caribbean Sea.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Coast Guard said as a result, three smugglers from the Dominican Republic have been detained.
The sea-interdiction stemmed from an “international multi-agency law enforcement effort” in support of Operation Unified Resolve, Operation Caribbean Guard and the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force.