Northern California Coast Guard Crew Makes $181M Drug Bust

The U.S. Coast Guard based in Northern California seized 12,000 pounds of cocaine from a vessel in the Eastern Pacific in one of the largest busts of its kind

A police officer organizes rows of seized packages of cocaine during a police presentation for the press in Bogota, Colombia, on July 22, 2015. AP Photo/Fernando Vergara

SAN FRANCISCO—The U.S. Coast Guard based in Northern California seized 12,000 pounds of cocaine from a vessel in the Eastern Pacific in one of the largest busts of its kind.

Some of the cocaine was lost when the vessel sank during towing.

KNTV reports (http://bit.ly/1KSQJ3C ) Thursday that Chief Warrant Officer Allyson Conroy says that the crew based in Alameda, California, also apprehended four suspected smugglers. The drugs are valued at $181 million.

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