15,500 Kilos of Cocaine, Worth $1 Billion Officials Say, Seized at Philadelphia Port

[alchemist iq]

WHAT TO KNOW

• The massive cache of drugs could be worth $1 billion, and would be the largest ever in the region, the U.S. Attorney said.
• Federal agents were seen Tuesday afternoon boarding a ship, the MSC Gayane, which was docked at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal.
• 15,000 kilos of cocaine equals more than 16 tons of the illegal drug.

Shipping containers full of illegal drugs have been found and seized by federal authorities at a Philadelphia port in what federal authorities describe as the largest seizure in the region's history.

A senior law enforcement official said more than 15,500 kilos of cocaine were found in seven containers, which were found aboard a cargo ship, the MSC Gayane, that previously stopped in Colombia, Chile, Panama and the Bahamas.

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At least two crew members of the Gayane have been charged with trafficking, according to a complaint filed Tuesday by the U.S. Attorney's Office. Other crew members were also allegedly involved, the complaint charges.

The bust occurred at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal Port on the Delaware River in South Philadelphia, multiple local, state and federal law enforcement sources have told NBC10.

• $38M Half-Ton of Cocaine Seized at Port of Philadelphia

Members of the ship's crew have been arrested and charged with federal drug trafficking charges, the U.S. Attorney for Eastern Pennsylvania said in a tweet. They allegedly pulled the drugs aboard while at sea, the complaint said.

The massive cache of drugs could have a street value of $1 billion, the U.S. Attorney's Office also tweeted. The office characterized the seizure as the largest in the Philadelphia region's history.

 

[kingkoopa]

Drop in a bucket.

How many other large shipments came across unscathed today?

 

[pauliepeppas]

Gotta justify those salaries for the “war on drugs”

 

[blastercombo]

Build da wall?

 

[wayniac211]

Somebody’s not paying somebody.

 

[numbah1grimey]

I thought cocaine was a wealthy persons drug... why are wealthy people arresting drug traffickers and putting them in prison?????

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Build a wall around philly

 

[Zainjal26]

Pablo back?

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[concordefliteschool]

You’re telling me they picked up 35,000 lbs of yayo in the middle of the ocean?

 

[babyface34]

Now, where does it all go from here?

 

[alchemist iq]

Classic.

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Now, where does it all go from here?

Into da community and turned into crack

 

[Comparison Ford]

Hate to throw on my tin foil hat, but what are the authorities doing with these seizures? Seems backwards to seize products worth more than gold in mass quantities and then...?

 

[htg designs]

Now, where does it all go from here?

The White House.

 

[sharpshooter718]

Now, where does it all go from here?

Wholesale for drug dealers...

 

[2Sky0waY6]

Into da community and turned into crack

decoy load, more coming in the other ports

 

[tr1ll]

decoy load, more coming in the other ports

This. Dope dealing is like any other business. Losses are budgeted.

 

[wayniac211]

Now, where does it all go from here?

 

[blastercombo]

This. Dope dealing is like any other business. Losses are budgeted.

Lol 100% fact expect someone will die for this. Also part of the math all said and done

 

[Nouss]

Aint no enterprise on Earth budgeting a billion dollar loss in one day.

 

[1c3m4m]

decoy load, more coming in the other ports

Yep

 

[storm2006]

Aint no enterprise on Earth budgeting a billion dollar loss in one day.

Enterprises lose billions everyday, B.

 

[blastercombo]

Aint no enterprise on Earth budgeting a billion dollar loss in one day.

Ehhh police just as shady. I bet the dealers let them catch that load to make them look clean while they let others go day after day in return. They look like heroes

Then cops probably have dealers too. They “seize” it and just pump it right back out while they hold “all” (20%) of it.

 

[tr1ll]

Aint no enterprise on Earth budgeting a billion dollar loss in one day.

There’s not an enterprise on Earth that isn’t buying low and selling high, either.