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Re: Operation Pacific Viper: U.S. Coast Guard Announces Largest Drug Offload in its History

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On 8/27/25 02:08, useapen wrote:
> Release Date: August 26, 2025
> The Coast Guard achieved its largest-ever drug seizure in a single
> operation in its history

	Well that will help keep street prices up.>
> Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton offloaded over 76,000 pounds
> of illegal drugs, valued at $473 million, at Port Everglades, Florida as
> part of Operation Pacific Viper. This offload included approximately
> 61,740 pounds of cocaine and approximately 14,400 pounds of marijuana.
> 
> This is the largest drug offload in Coast Guard history.
> 
> This is the first major offload of Operation Pacific Viper, a historic
> partnership between the Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy that is surging
> forces to the Eastern Pacific to cut off drugs and human smuggling before
> they ever reach American shores. As part of this operation, the Coast
> Guard conducted 19 interdictions in international waters of the Eastern
> Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. They are defending the Homeland with
> overwhelming force.
> 
> With a lethal dose of cocaine being as little as 1.2 grams, the amount
> offloaded by Hamilton’s crew is enough to potentially kill 23 million
> people.
> 
> “The Coast Guard continues leading U.S. efforts to control, secure, and
> defend the U.S. border and maritime approaches,” said Admiral Kevin
> Lunday, Acting Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. “The cutter HAMILTON’s
> record-breaking offload is the latest demonstration of the success of
> Operation Pacific Viper, the Coast Guard’s aggressive operations to defeat
> drug smugglers at sea in the Eastern Pacific Ocean near Central and South
> America. We are incredibly proud of our crews who are safeguarding our
> nation. HAMILTON’s success sends a strong signal to the cartels that we
> own the sea. We will defeat them and protect our communities from the
> death and devastation from the scourge of illegal drugs.”
> 
> The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102),
> USCGC Stone (WMSL 758), USCGC Venturous (WMEC 625), and USCGC Seneca (WMEC
> 906), transit in formation while conducting operations in the Pacific
> Ocean. (U.S. Navy Photo by Naval Aircrewman (Tactical Helicopter) 2nd
> Class Teague Bullard)
> 
> "The crew of Hamilton, who have been on the ship for over the last two
> months, personally interdicted over 47,000 pounds cocaine,” said Rear Adm.
> Adam Chamie, Coast Guard Southeast District Commander. “These men and
> women put themselves in harm's way time and again to stop the bad guys,
> apprehend the smugglers and seize the drugs. This is grueling and
> dangerous work, and I am extremely proud of them.”
> 
> Operation Pacific Viper is part of a wider effort ordered by President
> Trump to combat foreign drug cartels in Latin America. This operation is
> still ongoing, and, under the leadership of Homeland Security Secretary
> Kristi Noem, the men and women of the Coast Guard will continue deploying
> overwhelming force against the cartels, cutting off the flow of drugs into
> the United States and put an end to the cartel’s reign of terror.
> 
> https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2025-
> 08/Hamilton%20Offload.jpg.webp?itok=g5LSSkW1
> 
> The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton offloads more than 76,140 lbs of
> illicit narcotics at Port Everglades, Florida, on August 25, 2025. This is
> the largest cocaine offload to date in Coast Guard history, with the
> assistance of partner agencies, during counterdrug operations in the
> Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class
> Taylor Bacon, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters)
> 
> https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/08/26/operation-pacific-viper-us-coast-
> guard-announces-largest-drug-offload-its-history

	bliss

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Operation Pacific Viper: U.S. Coast Guard Announces Largest Drug Offload in its History useapen <yourdime@outlook.com> - 2025-08-27 09:08 +0000
  Re: Operation Pacific Viper: U.S. Coast Guard Announces Largest Drug Offload in its History Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2025-08-27 15:12 -0700
    Re: Operation Pacific Viper: U.S. Coast Guard Announces Largest Drug Offload in its History Lane the Caustic <wichitajayhawks@msn.com> - 2025-08-31 09:32 -0500
      Re: Operation Pacific Viper: U.S. Coast Guard Announces Largest Drug Offload in its History Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> - 2025-08-31 12:08 -0400
        Re: Operation Pacific Viper: U.S. Coast Guard Announces Largest Drug Offload in its History pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2025-09-01 13:11 +0000
          Re: Operation Pacific Viper: U.S. Coast Guard Announces Largest Drug Offload in its History Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> - 2025-09-01 13:48 -0400

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