Nearly 2,500 Pounds of Cocaine, 105 Pounds of Marijuana Seized in Joint Operation by US Forces

The narcotics were being shipped via sea, where 80 percent of interdictions of U.S- bound drugs typically occur.

Joint Interagency Task Force South intercepted a Panamanian vessel, and seized around 799 kilograms of cocaine. Courtesy of the JIATFS

U.S. forces seized around 2,500 pounds of cocaine and 105 pounds of marijuana in two separate maritime operations involving foreign nations.

In one operation, the Joint Interagency Task Force (JIATF) South and the Drug Enforcement Administration identified a drug runner from Colombia transporting narcotics. Forces from the Dominican Republic interdicted the vessel, while USS Billing secured the jettisoned cargo, JIATF South said in a May 12 post on X. Around 326 kilograms (approx. 718 pounds) of cocaine and 105 pounds of marijuana were prevented from entering American communities.