Nearly 5 tons of seized cocaine worth $73.3 million offloaded in Fort Lauderdale

A large haul of over $73 million worth of cocaine seized by the U.S. Coast Guard was offloaded in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday.

The crew of the Cutter Tahoma offloaded the 9,970 pounds of cocaine, nearly five tons, at Port Everglades, officials said.

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The cocaine, with an estimated street value of $73.7 million, was seized during an operation back on June 24 about 120 miles northwest of Ecuador…

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