coast guard offloads more than 475 million in illegal narcotics in miami the drugs recovered were found in international waters and efforts were taken by the us coast guard us navy the dutch caribbean coast guard and the royal netherlands navy to confiscate the drugs from suspected drug cartels cpo stephen lehmann i am proud of the crews continued devotion to duty that made this offload possible said cdr jeremy m greenwood commanding officer of legare the us coast guard has recovered almost 30000 pounds of cocaine and marijuana valued at more than 475 million after seizing the drugs in the caribbean sea and eastern pacific ocean the us navy and allied foreign ships conduct law enforcement missions under the authority of embarked coast guard ledets from tactical law enforcement teams based in miami and san diego the coast guard confirmed cpo stephen lehmann stationed in portsmouth virginia the legare has an extremely large patch and patrols the offshore waters from maine to florida the gulf of mexico the eastern pacific and the caribbean the drugs seized through this coordinated effort will result in significantly fewer drugrelated overdoses more 1 million fentanyl pills linked to sinaloa cartel seized in recordbreaking drug bust the coast guard said that fighting cartels and criminal organizations that traffic drugs takes a lot of unity at different phases of the process detecting and interdicting illegal drug traffickers on the high seas involves significant interagency and international coordination coast guard offloads more than 475 million in illegal narcotics in miami from detection and monitoring to interdiction and apprehension and on to criminal prosecutions by international partners and us attorneys offices in districts across the nation the coast guard said the 270foot famousclass medium endurance cutters missions include law enforcement search and rescue protection of living marine resources homeland security and defense operations international training and humanitarian operations according to the statement released by the coast guard the crew aboard the coast guard cutter legare offloaded 24700 pounds of cocaine and 3892 pounds of marijuana at base miami beach thursday according to a us coast guard press release through the coordinated efforts of the legare the ledets hnlms groningen cgc james and the uss billings crews we significantly contributed to the counterdrug mission and the dismantling of transnational criminal organizations