BREAKING: Rep Adam Smith just denied DoD ability to reprogram $1B in counter drug $ for Border Wall

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BREAKING: .@RepAdamSmith @HASCDemocrats just denied DoD the ability to reprogram $1B in counterdrug $$$ for #BorderWall
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11:29 AM - Mar 26, 2019

Both here in Philly and in NJ - BOTH literally JUST had HUGE drug hauls the past 2 weeks that came in through the ports.

Port of Philadelphia

450 cocaine bricks worth $38M found at Philadelphia port

March 21, 2019



(This image provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows cocaine seized from a shipping container at the Philadelphia seaport. U.S. customs officials say drug dogs sniffed out Philadelphia's largest seizure of cocaine in more than two decades. Local, state and federal law enforcement officials said Thursday that 450 bricks of cocaine were found inside 13 duffel bags in the shipping container. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via AP))

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — U.S. customs officials say drug dogs sniffed out 450 bricks of cocaine in Philadelphia, the city’s largest seizure of the drug in more than two decades.

Local, state and federal law enforcement officials said Thursday the cocaine was found inside 13 duffel bags in a shipping container. Customs and Border Protection’s Area Port Director for Philadelphia Joseph Martella says Tuesday’s seizure amounted to more than 1,185 pounds (538 kilograms) of cocaine worth about $38 million.

Martella says the ship was ported in Guatemala before stopping in the Bahamas and was destined for the Netherlands. It wasn’t clear where the cocaine was headed or where it was added to the shipment.

It was Philadelphia’s largest seizure since 1998. Last month, customs agents seized 3,200 pounds of cocaine worth $77 million at Port New York/Newark.

https://www.apnews.com/370198de1ece43999b40a9cd81f5acf8

A couple other images from the AP article -






Port of New York/Newark (NJ)

Ton And A Half Of Cocaine Seized At Port Of New York/Newark

March 12, 20195:00 PM ET

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(Sixty packages of cocaine were seized from a shipping container at the Port of New York/Newark.
Courtesy of United States Drug Enforcement Administration)

Authorities at the Port of New York and New Jersey seized approximately 3,200 pounds of cocaine from a shipping container on Feb. 28.

Officials carried out an inspection of the shipment after they noticed tampering of several containers on a large vessel traveling from Buenaventura, Colombia, Drug Enforcement Administration special agent in charge Ray Donovan told NPR. That is when they discovered the nearly ton and a half of cocaine with an estimated street value of $77 million.

The bust was part of a joint operation of the DEA, Customs and Border Protection, Coast Guard, Homeland Security Investigations, New York Police Department and New York State Police.

"This is the type of case that will last years. We're investigating where it came from, where it's going, everybody and everyone involved," Donovan said. "Any time an organization is moving that amount of cocaine, they've been involved for a long period of time." "This interception prevents a massive quantity of drugs from getting to the streets and in the hands of our children," said Troy Miller, CBP Director of New York Field Operations, in a statement.

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/12/702493749/ton-and-a-half-of-cocaine-seized-at-port-of-new-york-newark

This is how the stuff is coming in - on trailers that get stacked on cargo ships (like the below that go up and down the Delaware River out through the Delaware Bay and into the Atlantic Ocean).