U.S. Coast Guard crew seized $87 million worth of cocaine
The 75-member crew onboard the Coast Guard cutter Active along with other USCG vessels intercepted eight smuggling boats and seized a total of 11 tons of cocaine worth an expected $87 million worth of blow during their counterdrug mission. On Friday, the 210-foot-long U.S.C.G. cutter Active returned to a port in Washington state to unload all that glorious powder. They had support from an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter as well as members of the Chilean Navy.