Last week, the crew of the US Coast Guard’s cutter USCGC Legare (WMEC 912) offloaded approximately 24,700 pounds of cocaine and 3,892 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated $475 million, at Base Miami Beach.

The drugs were interdicted in the international waters of the Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Pacific Ocean by crews from HNLMS Groningen (P843) of the Royal Netherlands Navy and embarked US Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 101, US Navy ship’s USS Billings (LCS 15) and embarked USCG LEDET 401, US Coast Guard cutters James (WMSL 754) and Legare (WMEC 912).