MIAMI, FLORIDA – The U.S. Coast Guard set a new record Wednesday when the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Stone unloaded more than 49,000 pounds of cocaine—worth more than $362 million—at Port Everglades, the most cocaine ever seized by a single cutter in one patrol.
The large offload is the result of 15 interdictions carried out in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, which is known as one of the world’s most active maritime drug corridors.
The commanding officer of Cutter Stone, Capt. Anne O’Connell, lauded her crew’s work during the record-breaking deployment…