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The Drug War at Sea Is Getting Bigger and Bigger
Traffickers have gone from using small boats and planes to putting vast loads in container ships.
Big catch.
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At a Florida port, the U.S. Coast Guard drops off $1.4 billion worth of cocaine and marijuana seized in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. The haul, the fruit of nearly 30 incidents and boarding operations by the U.S., Canada and the Netherlands, contains nearly 60,000 pounds of cocaine alone.
No, it’s not a reboot of “Miami Vice” — it happened last week.