Feds seize over $1 billion of cocaine in historic bust in Philadelphia, officials say

Federal officials made a massive cocaine bust in Philadelphia Tuesday, seizing an estimated 16.5 tons of the drug from a ship there -- with a street value of over $1 billion, officials said.

An official said the ship, the MSC Gayane, was headed from Chile to Europe when the drugs were found in Philadelphia at the Packer Marine Terminal. Members of the crew were charged, according to the local U.S. attorney's office. The drugs were concealed in seven shipping containers aboard the boat, which started its journey on May 31 and stopped in a number of places before landing in Philadelphia. When agents opened up the containers they saw the drugs in bags, the official said.

Traffickers have been seeking out a new market for cocaine by mixing it with the powerful drug fentanyl, which is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine. Synthetic opioids, like fentanyl have been responsible for thousands of overdose deaths a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

After boarding the Gayane yesterday morning in Philadelphia, Coast Guard personnel did a cotton swab of the crew members' arms and detected cocaine on Durasevic, according to the complaint. According to Tiasaga, he allegedly assisted in loading bales of cocaine that were brought alongside the ship by smaller boats both before and after they docked in Peru.

there is prolly a boat right behind it with 100,000 pounds

Seized a really nice ship too :)

thy have a pasuhcyshics gorup already lknked otgether using telapthy thoruhg out tla of the new casr ANDHAVEUSEDTHEPER

No they got it wrong all they found was Charlie Sheen's stash. It's hardly find of the century.

What flag were they flying? Same as the Ping May?

Will the wall be long enough to reach Philadelphia?

Didn’t realize Philadelphia was so close to the southern border!

And all over America, a stripper’s panties are flying at half mast in mourning for every ruined bachelor party.

Richard Pryor's ghost seen making a beeline for Philly. 🤣

Hello, American Airlines? Yes I would like to book four one-way tickets to Philadelphia. No. No hotel. There won't be any sleeping. Thank. Oh, one more question. How many straws is each person allowed in their carry on. No limit! Well that's just fantastic.

That's alotta blow

Is that in the southern border?

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