MIAMI, CMC – America Coast Guard says aircrews from Air Station Borinquen assisted the Royal Bahamas Police Power and the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with the switch and disposition of about 391 kilos of cocaine value an estimated avenue worth of US$7.5 million, on the Mayaguana Airport in The Bahamas.
The US Coast Guard stated Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) companions collaborated to stop the contraband.
The Royal Bahamas Police Power (RBPF) Drug Enforcement Unit coordinated with Mayaguana Airport Police and DEA brokers to grab a suspected smuggling plane and found the contraband, the US Coast Guard stated.
In an announcement on Friday, the Coast Guard stated the RBPF took custody of a suspected smuggler.
The US Coast Guard stated the drug bust follows the 2024 Northern Caribbean Safety Summit, which was held in The Bahamas earlier this month.
It was the third annual assembly between government and legislation enforcement leaders from the USA, The Bahamas, the Turks and Caicos Islands, and the UK.
“On the summit, leaders mentioned methods to modernize, combine, and place joint safety relationships to confront the advanced threats of the twenty first century,” stated the US Coast Guard, including that companions “constantly work throughout the area to dismantle legal networks, block malign actors, assist sturdy judiciaries, and cease the trafficking of medication, weapons, wildlife, and folks.”
OPBAT is “a partnership between the DEA, US Coast Guard, US Customs and Border Safety, the US Division of State, and legislation enforcement entities of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands to cease the circulation of illicit narcotics, by way of the Caribbean, destined for the USA or different jurisdictions.”
The US Coast Guard stated, “OPBAT property additionally usually help with prosecuting human smuggling and search and rescue instances all through their space of duty.”
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