MIAMI, FLORIDA – The U.S. Coast Guard set a historic benchmark Wednesday after the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Stone offloaded more than 49,000 pounds of cocaine—valued at more than $362 million—at Port Everglades, marking the largest amount of cocaine ever seized by a single cutter in one patrol.
The massive offload stems from 15 interdictions carried out in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, an area known as one of the world’s busiest maritime drug corridors.
Capt. Anne O’Connell, commanding officer of Cutter Stone, praised her crew’s performance during the record-breaking deployment…