MULTIMEDIA RELEASE: Coast Guard crew offloads more than $239 million worth of cocaine in San Diego  

Source: United States Coast Guard

 

12/06/2023 08:35 PM EST

SAN DIEGO — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) offloads approximately 18,219 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated street value of more than $239 million, on Wednesday in San Diego.  The offload is a result of six separate suspected drug smuggling vessel interdictions or events off the coasts of Mexico and Central and South America by the Coast Guard Cutters Waesche and Active in November.