Coast Guard: 1,600 pounds of cocaine seized




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MIAMI (AP) -- The U.S. Coast Guard says an estimated 1,600 pounds of cocaine were seized from a motorboat off the coast of Venezuela last week.

Authorities say that while on a routine patrol in the Caribbean Sea on Thursday, the crew of the British Royal Navy Frigate HMS Iron Duke saw a suspicious go-fast vessel. Authorities boarded and detained four men. They say they also recovered 36 bales of cocaine worth $55 million that had been thrown overboard.

Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Moorlag says the men are now in U.S. custody and he can't disclose their location.

The patrol crew is part of a multinational task force that is trying to help stop the flow of illegal narcotics.



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