NEW YORK: American Coast Guard seized 71 pounds of cocaine worth $800,000 and rescued 42 migrants in the Caribbean Sea. The Coast Guard said the Dependable is expected to return to Cape May on Friday after a 60-day deployment.
They were recovered after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection aircraft detected a ship without navigation lights. As the cutter approached smugglers began dumping packages into the water. The crew then fired warning shots to stop the vessel and recovered the drugs.
The crew also rescued 42 migrants attempting voyages in overloaded vessels and gave medical care to more than 200 others before returning them to their country of origin.
