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US Customs and Border Safety officers seized 877 kilos of cocaine on board the San Juan-Santo Domingo Ferry on the Pan American Dock in Puerto Rico final month.
The medication, which have an estimated worth of $9.1 million, had been noticed on December 26 throughout a routine cargo inspection. Officers eliminated a board masking the ground of a cargo platform to disclose 355 packages that examined optimistic for cocaine, the CBP stated in an announcement.
“Our skilled CBP officers stay vigilant, using their coaching and obtainable instruments to cease harmful medication from getting into the nation,” Roberto Vaquero, director of subject operation for Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, stated within the assertion.
Homeland Safety Investigations took custody of the contraband for additional investigation, based on the CBP.
CBP has seized 77,000 kilos of medication within the first two months of fiscal yr 2023, based on the CBP Knowledge Portal.