Anti-drug smuggling unit seizes enough cocaine to kill more than 1,400,000 people

Coast Guard Cutter Tampa’s crew pose for a group photo in Miami after seizing drugs worth more than $28.7million of drugs(US Coast Guard Southeast/Cover Media)

An American coast guard crew has seized more than 1.7 tonnes of cocaine worth more than £21million ($28.7million).

The crew of the Cutter Tampa brought ashore the mammoth haul on Thursday at Base Miami Beach following two separate interceptions in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

The amount of cocaine is enough to kill 1.4million people.

The seizures were carried out as part of Operation Pacific Viper, the Coast Guard said, adding the scale of the bust highlights the ongoing threat posed by transnational drug trafficking networks.

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