The Coast Guard is celebrating its second major victory this month in President Donald Trump’s war against illegal drugs.
On Thursday, the Coast Guard cutter Tampa offloaded about 3,825 pounds of cocaine after two seizures in the Eastern Pacific, according to a Coast Guardnews release.
That haul came on the heels of an Easter Sunday seizure of 4,510 pounds of cocaine, worth $33.9 million, by the Coast Guard cutter Escanaba, according to a Department of Homeland Securitynews release.
The Coast Guard has estimated that 1.2 grams of cocaine is a potentially lethal dose.
Protecting our homeland through Operation Pacific Viper.
Today in Miami, the crew of@USCGCutter Tampa offloaded 3,825 lbs of cocaine worth an estimated $28.7M. The drugs offloaded today were seized in two interdictions in the Eastern Pacific Ocean through Operation Pacific…pic.twitter.com/gY1FFnoUsu
— U.S. Coast Guard (@USCG)April 17, 2026
That means the latest haul offloaded by the Tampa, which had a value of more than $28.7 million, was enough to kill 1.4 million Americans.
The Coast Guard’s aggressive tactics to stop drugs from flowing into the country is part of Operation Pacific Viper.
“This crew’s performance over the last 74 days has been nothing short of phenomenal,” Cmdr. Joshua DiPietro, the commanding officer of the Tampa, said.
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