The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) announced Tuesday that it seized more than 75,000 pounds of illegal drugs from 19 vessels this summer, prompting the USCG's largest-ever offload — nearly half a billion dollars in illegal narcotics — when the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton returned to Florida this week.

USCG Southeast District Commander Rear Adm. Adam Chamie said in a news release that the haul — about 61,740 pounds of cocaine and 14,400 pounds of marijuana — "represents a significant victory in the fight against........

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