Overview

• USCG Cutter Northland and three partner vessels offloaded about 2,220 pounds of cocaine and 3,320 pounds of marijuana at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach after four Caribbean Sea interdictions.
• The mission involved Royal Canadian Navy ship HMCS William Hall, Royal Netherlands Navy ship HNLMS Friesland, U.S. Navy ship USS Cole and Coast Guard Cutter Northland.
• Department of Defense and Homeland Security units joined forces with U.S. and allied navies to target trafficking routes and deny cartel revenue.
• A Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron team aboard HNLMS Friesland intercepted a suspected smuggling vessel off the coast of Venezuela on June 15.
• This offload follows earlier multi-ton seizures in April and May and forms part of broader OCDETF and Joint Interagency Task Force-South efforts, with suspects still unidentified.