Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times,
A U.S. task force and foreign partners seized nearly 1,500 pounds of cocaine in two operations in the Caribbean Sea over the past week.
The first interdiction involved U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detecting a go-fast boat in the Caribbean, directing it to a port, and seizing about 562 pounds of cocaine, the Joint Interagency Task Force South said in an Oct. 15 post.
In the second interdiction, the Colombian Navy informed French Forces about another go-fast boat in the Caribbean Sea. One of the French frigates intercepted the vessel and seized roughly 917 pounds of cocaine, the Joint Interagency Task Force South said in an Oct. 16 post on X.
The Joint Interagency Task Force South's monitoring and detection efforts support U.S. Southern Command-led operations to dismantle narco-terrorist networks across the Eastern Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. The task force is an international alliance of 13 domestic and 20 international partners.
The Caribbean is a "critical transshipment zone" for illegal drugs, mainly cocaine, according to a National Drug Control Strategy report issued by the White House. The region has a complex geography, with thousands of islands that offer ample cover for criminal groups to hide drug op
