FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) – Millions of dollars worth of marijuana were confiscated on Wednesday. Officials said the street value of the 103 bales of marijuana is a whopping 11 million dollars.
“This is the largest marijuana bust done by a fast response cutter since they’ve been commissioned,” said U.S. Coast Guard Lt. J.G. Breanna Hite.
The Coast Guard said they seized 4,100 pounds of marijuana just South of Jamaica and detained several people after a bust at sea on Christmas Eve.
“While on routine patrol south of Jamaica, we received a report from an aircraft of a vessel with suspicious contraband on deck,” said Hite.