Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma busts cocaine ‘triple threat,’ interdicting nearly $45.8 million worth of illicit narcotics off Colombia

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Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma busts cocaine ‘triple threat,’ interdicting nearly $45.8 million worth of illicit narcotics off Colombia
05/14/2026 12:50 PM EDT

MIAMI – Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma’s crew simultaneously interdicted three suspected smuggling vessels carrying approximately 6,085 pounds of cocaine worth nearly $45.8 million, May 8, approximately 90 miles off Cartagena, Colombia. This seizure represents 2.3 million potentially lethal doses of cocaine that will not reach American streets.
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma crew members conduct interdiction operations in the Gulf of America, May 8, 2026. Tahoma’s crew, alongside a deployed Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron aircrew, stopped three suspected smuggling vessels carrying narcotics during a maritime patrol approximately 90 miles off Cartagena, Colombia. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)