US Coast Guard to Unload Nearly 20,000 Pounds of Seized Cocaine Worth $338 Million

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Munro offloaded 20,000 pounds of uncut cocaine seized from known drug-transit zones of the Eastern Pacific Ocean worth approximately $338 million at Naval Station San Diego on Feb. 10, 2020. John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP

The U.S. Coast Guard said on Feb. 10 that it would unload nearly 20,000 pounds of cocaine seized in recent months from what it described as “known drug-transit zones of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.” The haul is worth approximately $338 million.

The total haul—the result of eight interceptions made between mid-November and mid-January—is being offloaded at Naval Base San Diego by the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Munro. The cocaine was seized as a result of joint efforts between four separate Coast Guard cutter crews.