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

From Lane the Caustic <wichitajayhawks@msn.com>
Newsgroups alt.coast-guard, alt.politics.democrats, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, sac.politics, talk.politics.guns, talk.politics.drugs
Subject Re: Operation Pacific Viper: U.S. Coast Guard Announces Largest Drug Offload in its History
Date 2025-08-31 09:32 -0500
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Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> 
> 
> 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

Can you imagine using cocaine as a WMD to kill 23 million people?

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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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