Big drug busts off Panama, Miami: US

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Agence France-Presse

Big drug busts off Panama, Miami: US
Wednesday, 25 March 2015 01:52
Posted by Shoaib-ur-Rehman Siddiqui

MIAMI: US customs authorities Tuesday announced the seizure of a ton of cocaine in a fast boat off the coast of Panama and another 800 pounds (360 kilos) of the drug on a cargo ship in Miami, Florida.

They said the fast boat was spotted March 19 by a US Customs and Border Patrol aircraft which alerted Panamanian authorities that intercepted the craft.

The cocaine recovered in the action was valued at $164 million.

The other big drug bust occurred on February 27, when US authorities discovered $9 million worth of cocaine in the hold of a cargo ship in the Miami River.

The drugs, divided into 310 packets, were hidden inside a concrete-sealed compartment aboard the 180-foot (55-meter) vessel.


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[Comrade Grumpy]

1. By their usual rule of thumb, that means another 8,000 pounds got through somewhere else.

Or maybe it's only 4,000.

Talk about futile pursuits. Of course, there's money to be made on all sides.