This Is What $110 Million Of Cocaine Looks Like
The U.S. Coast Guard seized 3,300 kilos of cocaine from southwestern Caribbean waters over the past month, and they loaded the drugs in Miami on Tuesday, according to the Miami Herald.
To put that into perspective, 3,300 kilos is equal to about 7,275 pounds.
The cocaine is worth about $110 million.
Here's what that looks like:
3300+ kilos of cocaine! #Coastguard hauling in $110M worth of cocaine seized in Caribbean ops. @southcomwatch pic.twitter.com/JJGKFS991r
- USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) April 15, 2014
#CoastGuard talking $110M cocaine bust w/@CBSNews. All part of OpMartillo @southcomwatch pic.twitter.com/urSiOFVIHn
- USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) April 15, 2014
Some of the cocaine was seized in a March 15 bust south of Jamaica, while the rest of it was taken from a ship in the waters between Colombia and Honduras.
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