Coast Guard Seizes $156 Million of Cocaine

Ilene Eng
By Ilene Eng
February 20, 2021US News
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The Alameda-based Coast Guard seized over 9,000 pounds of cocaine from Jan. 26 to Feb. 1. The drug was carried in three separate vessels. The traffickers’ port of origin was not publicized.

The seized cocaine is worth about $156 million. Nine suspected drug traffickers are now in custody.

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