US Coast Guard transfers nearly 1.4 tons of marijuana to Haiti police

US Coast Guard transfers nearly 1.4 tons of marijuana to Haiti police

PORT-AU-PRINCE — The Haitian National Police (PNH) has taken custody of nearly 1.4 metric tons of marijuana seized by the U.S. Coast Guard off Haiti’s northwestern coast, in one of the largest recent drug interceptions in the country. The shipment — 1,376 kilograms valued at roughly $3.8 million — was handed over on May 3 to the Haitian National Police’s Anti-Drug Trafficking Brigade (BLTS) following an April 30 maritime operation near Môle Sain…

$3.8M in marijuana seized from suspected drug smuggling boat off Haiti, Coast Guard says

A massive haul of marijuana worth around $3.8 million was seized from a suspected drug smuggling boat that was stopped near Haiti, U.S. Coast Guard officials said.

US Coast Guard and Navy interdicts suspected drug vessel off Haiti

MIAMI / HAITI – A US Coast Guard law enforcement detachment deployed on the USS Billings stopped a suspected drug smuggling vessel, last Thursday, approximately 8 miles off Mole Saint-Nicolas, Haiti. With the permission of the Haitian government, the boarding team’s investigation resulted in approximately 3,200 pounds of marijuana being found, worth approximately $3.8 million, and one person was detained. The contraband and suspected smuggler we…

Coast Guard Stops Suspected Drug Vessel Off Haiti

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