Coast Guard Offloads 33,000 Pounds of Cocaine Worth $468 Million in San Diego

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Munro offloads uncut cocaine at Naval Station San Diego, in a file photo. John Gibbins/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP

SAN DIEGO—More than 33,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $468 million was offloaded by the U.S. Coast Guard May 28 in San Diego.

Officials say the drugs were seized through eight separate smuggling vessel interdictions in February and March of this year.