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Coast Guard seizes huge haul of cocaine, releases image of burning boat

USA Coast Guard says As part of increasing drug operations, he seized more than 40,000 kilos cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean last month.

The Coast Guard said in a statement on Thursday that more than a dozen intervention since August 8, as well as drug seizures, 36 suspected drug smugglers, he said.

The actions took place through the Pacific Viper operation of the Coast Guard. defined “An increase in the forces to the Eastern Pacific to stop cartels and criminal organizations – cutting drugs and human trafficking before reaching the American coast.” Coast Guard, Eastern Pacific, illegal narcotics from South America, “an important transportation” says.

The Federal Agency, which is a part of the Ministry of Interior Security, has published more than one image of recent operations. A picture shows that the crew members were watching a burning ship seized in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in mid -August. Authorities did not show why the boat was burned.

The US Coast Guard shows that this image continues to monitor a burning ship that was intervened in the Pacific Ocean on August 16, 2025. / Credit: US Coast Guard

In the recent Caribbean Sea, counter-drug operations have also increased. “Deadly strike” Foreign Minister Marco Rubio is on a boat carrying drugs from Venezuela.

Coastal security interventions in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea Cocaine transport Coast Guard, this “the entire Florida population in a fatal way to take over an overdose,” he said. Authorities, coast guard Fort Lauderdale last week, more than 38 tons of cocaine and cannabis emptied, he said.

Coast Guard, Pacific operation with Viper, cutters, aircraft and tactical teams, such as assets to disrupt illegal drug shipments to disrupt the international and inter -institutional partners, he says.