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US seizes US$18 million in drugs in the Caribbean Sea

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Photo of events during a visit to Air Station Borinquen in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico , Oct. 18, 2012. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley.

MIAMI, Nov 28, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says the crew of its “Cutter Vigilant” has returned home to Cape Canaveral in Florida after offloading more than 1,510 pounds of cocaine and 1,470 pounds of marijuana seized in the Caribbean Sea, with a combined value of about US$18.5 million.

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