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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you Pete keep doing what you do. It saves America lives every day.[/quote]

Really? The Coast Guard does it legally and saves a hell of a lot more lives based on your thinking. These boats can carry up to 4 tons, but that includes fuel (up to 2500 gallons of gas) and crew. To equal the Coast Guard's haul they'd have to blow up 10 times as many boats and people as they have. The coast Guard made one haul in September that resulted in 86 arrests, 50 tons of cocaine seized--and they got to keep a big, very expensive boat as well.

Besides which, the drugs on these boats are generally NOT GOING TO THE US. Maybe they'll save the lives of some American tourists in the Netherlands.

Press Release | Nov. 6, 2025
Coast Guard sets historic record with amount of cocaine seized in FY25

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday it seized nearly 510,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean during fiscal year 2025 (FY25), the largest amount in the Service’s history.

On average, the Coast Guard seizes 167,000 pounds of cocaine annually. The amount seized in FY25 is over three times that amount, and equivalent to 193 million potentially lethal doses (1.2 grams), enough to endanger over half of the U.S. population.

“The Coast Guard’s top priority is to achieve complete operational control of the U.S. border and maritime approaches," said Adm. Kevin Lunday, acting commandant of the Coast Guard. "We own the sea, and this historic amount of cocaine seized shows we are defeating narco-terrorist and cartel operations to protect our communities and keep dangerous drugs off our streets.”

Detecting and interdicting narco-terrorism on the high seas involves significant interagency and international coordination. U.S. Southern Command’s Joint Interagency Task Force-South, based in Key West, Florida, detects and monitors both aerial and maritime transit of illegal drugs. Once interdiction becomes imminent, the law enforcement phase of the operation begins, and control of the operation shifts to the U.S. Coast Guard throughout the interdiction and apprehension.

The Coast Guard is the United States’ lead federal agency for maritime drug interdiction. We are part of the Department of Homeland Security team protecting our nation and are at all times a military service and part of the joint force defending it.

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