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Coast Guard members transfer bales of cocaine interdicted at sea from a go-fast vessel. 
(Source: U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios)

$17 Million Worth Of Cocaine Intercepted At Sea

More than $17 million worth of cocaine will not make it to the streets of South Florida or anywhere else for that matter after the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted the 1,400 pounds of coke from a go-fast vessel in the southwest Caribbean Sea.

CBS4–2013/02/19

File image of Cocaine bales  (Source: CBS4)

Coast Guard Makes High Seas Cocaine Seizure Worth $100M

The U.S. Coast Guard has made a trio of high seas drug seizures worth $100 million.

CBS4–2012/12/06

(AP/Arnulfo Franco) File image

Coast Guard Makes $35 Million High-Seas Cocaine Seizure

Nearly 3-thousand pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated $35 million, has been interdicted at sea by the U.S. Coast Guard.

CBS4–2012/09/27

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Diet Pepsi To Sweeten Its Formula

Some people choose Pepsi over Coke because they prefer Pepsi’s sweeter taste. Those people will see good news in the new Diet Pepsi, which is tweaking its formula to stay sweet a little longer.

CBS Miami–2012/09/01

459 pounds of cocaine, worth $7.3 million, discovered in a container at Port Miami. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

$7.3 Million Worth Of Cocaine Seized At Miami Seaport

Seven-point-three million dollars worth of cocaine will not make it to the streets of South Florida or anywhere else after the illegal contraband was found at Port Miami.

CBS4–2012/06/13

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Coast Guard Recovers Nearly 5,000 Pounds Of Drugs

The U.S. Coast Guard revealed Friday two different interdictions that netted roughly 4,000 pounds of cocaine and 940 pounds of marijuana.

CBS4–2012/02/17

(Source: CBS4) Ayesha Niles at her arraignment hearing on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011.

Trial Date Set For British Teen Accused Of Drug Trafficking

A trial date has been set for a British teen accused of carrying 30 pounds of cocaine stuffed in boxes of cake mix at Miami International Airport.

CBS4–2011/11/07

(AP/Arnulfo Franco) File image

$2.2M In Cocaine Washes Up On Fort Pierce Beach

Plenty of strange items have washed ashore Florida beaches over the years, and now authorities are investigating the discovery of 22 bales of cocaine.

CBS4–2011/10/05

KEY WEST, Fla. -- Bales of cocaine weighing a total of 4,355 pounds on the flight deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Bear at Coast Guard Sector Key West Sept. 21, 2011. The Bear crew offloaded 4,355 pounds of cocaine at Sector Key West from a Sept. 9, 2011, go-fast interdiction in the Caribbean Sea. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nick Ameen.

Coast Guard Intercepts $58 Million In Cocaine Off FL Coast

The Coast Guard showed off a major cocaine bust in Key West Wednesday.

CBS4–2011/09/21

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