Agencies recover 35 kilos from GoM

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection and local agencies recovered about 35 kilos of cocaine from the Gulf of Mexico, south of Pensacola, Fla., on July 8. Coast Guard Sector Mobile, Ala., received notification around 6 p.m. Saturday (July 7) from a good Samaritan boater regarding a bale of cocaine floating in the water south of Pensacola. CG Station Pensacola launched a 45-foot Response Boat and crew to search for the drugs through Saturday evening. CG Sector Mobile Enforcement members aboard U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air Marine Operations vessels and an Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Marine Patrol vessel searched Sunday morning and recovered the cocaine. Additional agencies involved in the search included Homeland Security Investigations, and the Orange Beach (Ala.) Police Department. (Source: Coast Guard 07/08/18)