Watch: US Coast Guard stops smugglers in Eastern Pacific Ocean, millions of drugs were confiscated
Watch: US Coast Guard stops smugglers in Eastern Pacific Ocean, millions of drugs were confiscatedA viral video released by the US Coast Guard depicts an entertaining drug interdiction operation in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, where service members in USCGC Kimball carried out a Swift Tekdown of suspected drug smugglers on 17 April, Fox News.The dramatic footage filmed by a boxing officer 3G class Austin Willy, catchs the Coast Guard personnel riding on a small ship, who shouts command in Spanish. “Man Manos Araba!” ,The Coast Guard said in a statement, “The fifth contradiction during Kimball patrol is a great example of how complicated to prevent illegal activities on the open ocean.” Officials mentioned that the mission was included in the mission to prevent a navigative threat from air monitoring, strategic law enforcement action and the boat of smuggling.According to the Coast Guard, the USCGC Kimball intercepted and recovered the drugs worth an estimated $ 214 million in five tasks, all of which were later removed in San Diego. The agency said, “Illegal drugs pose a dangerous threat to the American people, and the men and women of the Coast Guards do everything in their power to cross the drugs before reaching our shores,” the agency said.The video, which has quickly attracted online attention, highlights the frontline role of the Coast Guard in struggling with transnational drug trafficking in the sea. A few days ago, a large-scale federal investigation in five American states for the arrest of 16 people and the seizure of more than three million fantanel-tested pills, part of a smuggling network tied to the infamous Sinaloa Cartel of Mexico. TeaHe also recovered the Mathemfetamine, heroin, cocaine, $ 5 million and 49 firearms in cash. One of the main suspects, 36-year-old Herbertero Salazar-Amya, was occupied in Oregon and is now facing several federal allegations.“This historic drug seizure … removes poison from our streets and protects American citizens from the Phantanelle crisis,” said American Attorney General Palm Bandi, who also described Fentinil as a “weapon of collective destruction”.The recently bust on land and sea shows the scale of America’s ongoing drug crisis. With fentanyl overdose, now is the leading cause of death for Americans between 18 and 34 years of age, both Coast Guard and DEA are intensifying efforts to block the flood of deadly narcotics in the country.
