U.S. Coast Guard offloads more than 50,000 pounds of drugs

Published September 21, 2017 8:31pm CDT

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (FOX 26) - Coast Guardsmen offloaded more than 50,000 pounds of cocaine and heroin worth more than $679 million from the Cutter Stratton in San Diego on Wednesday, official said.

According to the Coast Guard, the drugs were seized in 25 separate drug interdictions off the coast of Central and South America.