XPost: alt.coast-guard, alt.politics.democrats, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   XPost: sac.politics, talk.politics.guns   
   From: yourdime@outlook.com   
      
   Release Date: August 26, 2025   
   The Coast Guard achieved its largest-ever drug seizure in a single   
   operation in its history   
      
   Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton offloaded over 76,000 pounds   
   of illegal drugs, valued at $473 million, at Port Everglades, Florida as   
   part of Operation Pacific Viper. This offload included approximately   
   61,740 pounds of cocaine and approximately 14,400 pounds of marijuana.   
      
   This is the largest drug offload in Coast Guard history.   
      
   This is the first major offload of Operation Pacific Viper, a historic   
   partnership between the Coast Guard and the U.S. Navy that is surging   
   forces to the Eastern Pacific to cut off drugs and human smuggling before   
   they ever reach American shores. As part of this operation, the Coast   
   Guard conducted 19 interdictions in international waters of the Eastern   
   Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. They are defending the Homeland with   
   overwhelming force.   
      
   With a lethal dose of cocaine being as little as 1.2 grams, the amount   
   offloaded by Hamilton’s crew is enough to potentially kill 23 million   
   people.   
      
   “The Coast Guard continues leading U.S. efforts to control, secure, and   
   defend the U.S. border and maritime approaches,” said Admiral Kevin   
   Lunday, Acting Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. “The cutter HAMILTON’s   
   record-breaking offload is the latest demonstration of the success of   
   Operation Pacific Viper, the Coast Guard’s aggressive operations to defeat   
   drug smugglers at sea in the Eastern Pacific Ocean near Central and South   
   America. We are incredibly proud of our crews who are safeguarding our   
   nation. HAMILTON’s success sends a strong signal to the cartels that we   
   own the sea. We will defeat them and protect our communities from the   
   death and devastation from the scourge of illegal drugs.”   
      
   The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102),   
   USCGC Stone (WMSL 758), USCGC Venturous (WMEC 625), and USCGC Seneca (WMEC   
   906), transit in formation while conducting operations in the Pacific   
   Ocean. (U.S. Navy Photo by Naval Aircrewman (Tactical Helicopter) 2nd   
   Class Teague Bullard)   
      
   "The crew of Hamilton, who have been on the ship for over the last two   
   months, personally interdicted over 47,000 pounds cocaine,” said Rear Adm.   
   Adam Chamie, Coast Guard Southeast District Commander. “These men and   
   women put themselves in harm's way time and again to stop the bad guys,   
   apprehend the smugglers and seize the drugs. This is grueling and   
   dangerous work, and I am extremely proud of them.”   
      
   Operation Pacific Viper is part of a wider effort ordered by President   
   Trump to combat foreign drug cartels in Latin America. This operation is   
   still ongoing, and, under the leadership of Homeland Security Secretary   
   Kristi Noem, the men and women of the Coast Guard will continue deploying   
   overwhelming force against the cartels, cutting off the flow of drugs into   
   the United States and put an end to the cartel’s reign of terror.   
      
   https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2025-   
   08/Hamilton%20Offload.jpg.webp?itok=g5LSSkW1   
      
   The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton offloads more than 76,140 lbs of   
   illicit narcotics at Port Everglades, Florida, on August 25, 2025. This is   
   the largest cocaine offload to date in Coast Guard history, with the   
   assistance of partner agencies, during counterdrug operations in the   
   Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class   
   Taylor Bacon, U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters)   
      
   https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/08/26/operation-pacific-viper-us-coast-   
   guard-announces-largest-drug-offload-its-history   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)