Crew of Coast Guard Key West Cutter “Charles Sexton” Credited: More Than 47 Million Dollars in Cocaine and Marijuana…

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U.S. Coast Guard video by Seaman Villa Rodriguez.

The cutter “Charles Sexton”, a 154-foot fast response cutter home-ported in Key West, Florida, was one of three Coast Guard vessels involved in seizing approximately 3,516 pounds of cocaine and 50 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated wholesale value of over 47 million dollars.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber (WPC-1101) offloaded the seized drugs on Tuesday [October 16, 2018] at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach.

The drugs were seized between late September and early October during the interdictions of three suspected smuggling vessels off the coasts of the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Aruba by three Coast Guard Cutters: Donald Horsley (WPC-1117), Vigilant (WMEC-617) and Charles Sexton (WPC-1108).

The Key West cutter, “Charles Sexton”, was responsible for the October 10th, seizure of an estimated 2700 pounds of cocaine.

Bales of cocaine lie at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Oct. 16, 2018. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber offloaded approximately 3,516 pounds of cocaine and 50 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated wholesale value of over $47 million seized in international waters off the Caribbean Basin from late September to early October at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach. Coast Guard Photo by Seaman Erik Villa-Rodriguez.
A Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber crewmember carries a bale of cocaine during a drug offload at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Oct. 16, 2018. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber offloaded approximately 3,516 pounds of cocaine and 50 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated wholesale value of over $47 million seized in international waters off the Caribbean Basin from late September to early October at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Murray.

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