NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Coast Guard recovered more than a ton of suspected marijuana worth more than $2.4 million after crews intercepted a suspicious go-fast vessel during a patrol, military officials said. Crews recovered 47 bales weighing a total of 2,082 pounds along the vessel’s previous route, according to Joint Interagency Task Force-South (JIATF-S). The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba detected “a suspicious fast vessel” and sent a boat crew to investigate. RECENTLY UNCLASSIFIED IMAGES FROM THE PENTAGON SHOW SUSPECTED DRUG SHIPS AS OFFICIAL TROUBLE DEADLY WARNING Coast Guard crews recovered 47 bales of suspected marijuana weighing a total of 2,082 pounds and valued at more than $2.4 million, according to Joint Interagency Task Force South. (Joint Interagency Task Force South) “The vessel stopped without further incident,” JIATF-S said. During follow-up operations, Coast Guard crews discovered what officials described as a “bale field” along the vessel’s former route and recovered the suspected marijuana, valued at more than $2.4 million. “This mission required vigilance, professionalism and perfect coordination from detection and pursuit to evidence recovery and search and rescue support,” JIATF-S said. ‘Steepest’ DECLINE ever recorded in U.S. cartel casualties amid attacks on ships Coast Guard crews discovered what officials described as a “bale field” along the ship’s former route before recovering 47 bales of suspected marijuana. (Joint Interagency Task Force South) JIATF-S did not specify where the incident took place, but thanked the Escanaba Coast Guard and the Haiti Joint Rescue Coordination Center for their “timely support, search assistance, and coordination throughout the operation.” flow of dangerous drugs to the homeland. According to military officials, suspected marijuana was recovered during a Coast Guard operation involving a suspicious go-fast vessel. (Joint Interagency Task Force South) The U.S. military has also been involved in a months-long campaign launched by the Trump administration aimed at dismantling trafficking networks linked to cartels, including dozens of attacks in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean against vessels it says are connected to “narcoterrorists.” (Joint Interagency Task Force South) The latest seizure follows another major Coast Guard drug bust off the coast of Puerto Rico last month. The Coast Guard intercepted a suspected smuggling vessel nearly 50 miles off the coast of the US territory and discovered more than 7,000 pounds of cocaine worth approximately $54.5 million. Five people aboard the suspected smuggling vessel were detained and taken into custody as part of that investigation. Fox News Digital’s Kelsie Cairns contributed to this report.
