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US Coast Guard offloads over US$4 million in seized cocaine, smugglers in custody

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Oct. 6, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos recently offloaded 388 pounds (176 kgs) of cocaine, with a wholesale value of US$4.3 million, seized in the Caribbean Sea and transferred custody of two smugglers to the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Special Agents in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

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