PRESS RELEASE JUNE 19, 2015
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Air and Marine agents and interagency partners thwarted a dozen illicit smuggling attempts over a two week period in the western Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean preventing the distribution of more than $824 million in illegal drugs.
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A suspicious vessel detected by a CBP P-3 aircrew on June 8.
The multi-agency operations targeted maritime drug activity occurring in coastal waters along the Central American isthmus with the P-3 aircraft patrolling based at OAM\’s National Air Security Operations Center in Jacksonville, Florida and Corpus Christi, Texas.
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