Coast Guard Cutter Hauls Record $1.4 Billion Worth of Illicit Cocaine and Marijuana

Bales of illicit cocaine and marijuana aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James. Screenshot/U.S. Coast Guard

A Coast Guard vessel offloaded the largest single haul of interdicted illegal drugs worth more than $1.4 billion on Thursday in Port Everglades, Florida.

Coast Guard Cutter James offloaded around 59,700 pounds of cocaine and 1,430 pounds of marijuana, the largest single haul in Coast Guard history, according to the agency.