Approximately US$41 million worth of drugs that were seized at sea near Saona Island by the US Coast Guard were offloaded at their Miami Beach base yesterday, Tuesday 29 September 2015.
The 1,100 kg of cocaine and 4,420 lb of marijuana were confiscated as part of Operation Martillo, an international initiative to take down drug smugglers using Central America as a route for drugs, weapons and cash.
In one of the seizures, a US Coast Guard aircraft spotted a suspicious speedboat southeast of Saona Island on 20 September 2015. They then intercepted the boat as the people on board were dumping the drugs and a boarding team recovered a total of 49 bales of marijuana weighing 2,450 lb. The three people on board were taken into custody.
Read more: http://miami.cbslocal.com/2015/09/29/coast-guard-to-offload-41-million-in-seized-drugs/