33K Pounds of Cocaine Seized in One of Biggest US Drug Busts

Authorities search a container along the Delaware River in Philadelphia, on June 18, 2019. Matt Rourke/AP Photo

PHILADELPHIA—U.S. authorities seized 33,000 pounds, or 15,000 kilograms, of cocaine from a ship at Philadelphia’s port in what they described as one of the largest drug busts in American history.

They said the haul could have been worth more than $1 billion on the street.