The U.S. Coast Guard has been involved in plenty of massive drug seizures in its
history, but one from 2007 is one of the biggest drug busts in U.S. history. In cooperation with Panama’s government, a Coast Guard ship stopped and searched a container ship, and discovered more than 42,000 pounds of cocaine worth $350 million.
One of the biggest drug busts Florida has ever seen was straight out of a movie. A brother-sister duo, a quiet suburb, and a false attic wall hiding $24 million in cash made trafficking marijuana. The
seizure also helped police shut down business specializing in selling marijuana horticulture supplies.
Nebraska might not be among the
states with the most opioid abuse, but apparently, it’s a way station along the route to those places. During a routine traffic stop near Kearney, Neb., state troopers found 118 pounds of fentanyl, which is enough to kill
26 million people when you consider two milligrams is a potentially fatal dose.
In the world of drug enforcement, it pays to be patient. A DEA surveillance operation tracked two men, which led authorities to a Bronx apartment with $8 million worth of
heroin and other drug paraphernalia inside. That’s a big bust in a big city, but it’s far from being one of the biggest drug busts in U.S. history.
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