Billions of dollars of cocaine are smuggled into the US by sea every year, and the Coast Guard says it can only stop one-quarter of it Bales of cocaine on display aboard the US Coast Guard cutter James, in front of the ship’s crew and its helicopter, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, November 15, 2018. Christopher Woody/Business Insider The Coast Guard has partnered with other agencies and countries to track down illegal drugs in the open ocean. In recent years, the service has been seizing record amounts of cocaine on the high seas. But the the Coast Guard has said it sees much more flowing toward the US than it can actually catch. FT. LAUDERDALE, Florida — During fiscal year 2018, which ended September 30, the US Coast Guard intercepted just over 458,000 pounds of cocaine. That was the second most in a year on record, behind fiscal year 2017, when […]

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