The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tampa returned to its homeport in Portsmouth on Saturday after a counter-drug mission that resulted in the seizure of nearly 33,000 pounds of illegal drugs worth an estimated $226.7 million.
The 270-foot medium endurance cutter returned to Hampton Roads on Oct. 17, just days after its crew offloaded approximately 29,600 pounds of cocaine and 3,355 pounds of marijuana at Port Everglades, Florida, on Wednesday.
According to the Coast Guard, the drugs were seized during six separate interdiction operations in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean…