Tampa Mayor Jane Castor Goes Fishing in Florida Keys — Catches $1.1M Cocaine Cache

CNN reports that Tampa Mayor Jane Castor made a big catch while fishing the Florida Keys with family late last month, spotting and hauling in a package containing 70 pounds of cocaine with an estimated street value of approximately $1.1 million, … Continue reading

Update: Montenegrin Mafia Boss Arrested in Billion Dollar Bust on MSC Gayane

In June 2019, Federal authorities raided the container ship MSC Gayane when the ship docked in Philadephia. They found and seized 20 tonnes of cocaine, worth over a billion dollars, stashed in shipping containers. The seizure was the largest cocaine … Continue reading

HMS Medway Torches Smugglers’ Boat Carrying £24m of Cocaine in Caribbean

Sky News reports that HMS Medway, a Royal Navy River-class offshore patrol vessel, pursued a drug smuggler’s boat after it was spotted near the Dominican Republic, alongside a US Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment and accompanying aircraft. Once it was … Continue reading

Electric Narco-Sub Seized in Riverbank Boatyard in Columbia

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security estimates that 32 percent of all maritime cocaine smuggled between Latin America and the United States arrives in narco-submarines. Narco-subs come in many shapes and sizes. Most are not submarines at all, but rather … Continue reading

Container Ship MSC Gayane Seized by Feds Following $1.3 B Cocaine Bust

Yesterday, US Customs seized the 9,962 TEU container ship MSC Gayane.  The MSC Gayane was the ship on which 18,000 kilograms of cocaine, worth an estimated $1.3 billion, was seized by Federal agents while at the dock in the Port … Continue reading

Who Needs a Wall? East Coast Port Cocaine Container Busts Setting Records

Anyone who thinks that a Southern border wall will stop cocaine trafficking into this country has not been paying at attention to the news. Cocaine seizures from container ships have been setting records in ports along the East Coast for … Continue reading

Coast Guard Cutter Midgett Busts Midget Sub Loaded with Cocaine

The US Coast Guard Cutter Midgett recently busted a midget sub loaded with cocaine while on a cruise of the Eastern Pacific.    The 35′ long self-propelled semi-submersible was carrying 6,000 kilograms of cocaine from Columbia bound for the United States.  This was … Continue reading