Tag: Pacific Ocean
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USCG Seizes 700 lbs Cocaine & 650 lbs Marijuana During 70 Days in Eastern Pacific and Panama Canal; 27 Suspects Arrested
March 13: The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma returned to port in Maine on Thursday, ending a 70-day “counter-drug patrol” that resulted in the seizure of $12.5 million in cocaine, […]
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$312 Million USD Worth of Cocaine Offloaded in San Diego From Operations Over Past 3 Months
December 18: The U.S. Coast Guard brought about 18,000 pounds of cocaine to port in San Diego Wednesday when they returned from a series of counter-narcotics operations at sea. Five […]
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U.S. Coast Guard Interdicts Self-Propelled Semi-Submersible Carrying 12,000 Pounds of Cocaine Worth Over $165m in Eastern Pacific
September 25: The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a “narco sub” carrying 12,000 pounds of cocaine, worth over $165 million, earlier this month in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The crew of the […]
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New USCG Cutter Seizes 2,100 Pounds of Cocaine Before Even Reaching Home Port
August 09: In July, yet-to-be-commissioned Coast Guard cutter Midgett passed through the Panama Canal and started a roughly 5,000-mile trip to Honolulu. The Coast Guard accepted the Midgett in April, […]
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Costa Rica’s huge drug bust
Huge drugs haul for Costa Rica CG. Costa Rica seizes two tons of cocaine from ‘low-profile’ boat SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Law enforcement officials in Costa Rica said on Thursday […]
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Bolivia takes sea dispute to court
Landlocked Bolivia has filed a lawsuit against neighboring Chile at the International Court of Justice in The Hague to reclaim it’s access to the Pacific Ocean coastline. Bolivia takes Chile sea dispute […]
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Iran to Reach Pacific Ocean
Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari of the Iranian Navy hs stated that Iranian warships will shortly be sailing in the Pacific Ocean for the first time in over three decades. Iranian Navy […]