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

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Release Date: August 26, 2025
The Coast Guard achieved its largest-ever drug seizure in a single 
operation in its history

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

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