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13338925, 16 tons of cocaine seized in one of the largest drug busts in US history
Posted by ThaTruth, Tue Jun-18-19 03:59 PM
Philly this how y'all doing it?

https://www.stltoday.com/news/national/over-tons-of-cocaine-seized-at-philadelphia-port-in-one/article_a3a78fe9-f6ff-5cf9-9c10-900aff402d5a.html?

Over 16 tons of cocaine seized at Philadelphia port in one of the largest drug busts in US history

Associated Press 30 min ago

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — U.S. authorities on Tuesday seized more than $1 billion worth of cocaine from a ship at a Philadelphia port, calling it one of the largest drug busts in American history.

The U.S. attorney's office in Philadelphia announced the massive bust on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon, saying law enforcement agents seized about 16.5 tons (15 metric tons) of cocaine from a large ship at the Packer Marine Terminal. Members of the crew were arrested and face federal charges.

"This amount of cocaine could kill millions — MILLIONS — of people," U.S. Attorney William McSwain said in a separate tweet.

The drug seizure is the latest in a series of large cocaine busts along the East Coast. In a March bust in Philadelphia, drug dogs sniffed out 1,185 pounds (538 kilograms) of cocaine worth about $38 million — at that time the city's largest seizure of the drug in more than two decades.

In February, customs agents seized 3,200 pounds (1,451 kilograms) at the Port of New York and New Jersey with a street value estimated at $77 million. That was the largest cocaine bust at the ports since 1994.

Television footage of the seized ship in Philadelphia showed its name as MSC Gayane. Online ship trackers said it sails under the flag of Liberia and arrived in Philadelphia after 5 a.m. Monday.