USCGC Stone Delivers 20 Tonnes of Cocaine to Port Everglades

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Stone has had an unusually successful tour of duty off the coast of South America, and has delivered more than 20 tonnes of cocaine - nearly one percent of the world's annual production - to a pier in Florida. The Coast Guard estimated the U.S. wholesale value at about $520 million, and at EU wholesale prices it would be worth more than $700 million.

"You heard it said before that the Coast Guard's national security cutters are game changers in the counter-drug mission...