Record drug haul seized by US Coast Guard was enough to ‘fatally overdose the entire population’ of Florida, official says

A US Coast Guard cutter, the Hamilton, unloaded a historic 61,740 pounds of cocaine and 14,400 pounds of marijuana at Port Everglades, valued at $473 million, enough for 23 million overdose doses. The drugs were seized in 19 operations in the Eastern Pacific and Caribbean, involving multiple vessels and leading to 34 arrests, highlighting the ongoing threat of transnational drug trafficking.

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