March 21, 2025

Coast Guard offloads over $517.5 million in illicit drugs interdicted in Eastern Pacific Ocean

March 20, 2025 —        On March 20, 2025, RDML Joshua Lasky, Deputy Director of Joint Interagency Task Force South spoke in Fort Lauderdale at the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stone offload which consisted of more than 45,000 pounds of illegal drugs valued at a more than $517 million. In conjunction with US and international partners, Joint Interagency Task Force South

March 13, 2025

Coast Guard offloads over $141 million in illicit drugs interdicted in Caribbean Sea

March 6, 2025 — MIAMI – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Valiant’s crew offloaded approximately 12,470 pounds of cocaine, Thursday, worth an estimated $141.4 million at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach.                                                                                            The seized contraband was the result of six interdictions in the Caribbean Sea, and

Feb. 28, 2025

Coast Guard offloads more than $275 million worth of illegal cocaine in San Diego

February 13, 2025 —                                                                                SAN DIEGO — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) offloaded approximately 37,256 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of more than $275 million, on Thursday in San Diego.  The offload is a result of 11 separate suspected drug smuggling vessel

Nov. 19, 2024

MAOC-N Supports Spanish Operation in the Atlantic – 4 Tonnes of Cocaine Seized

18 November 2024 —    Over the past weeks, information has been developed and shared through MAOC-N, that a fishing vessel would be crossing the Atlantic carrying a significant amount of cocaine destined for an unknown location off the Iberian Peninsula. As the target approached European waters, it was possible to put in place an operational plan agreed by several

Nov. 5, 2024

Coast Guard Cutter Resolute crew returns home, offloads approximately $115 million worth of drugs in St. Petersburg

Oct 23, 2024 — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Resolute offloaded approximately 9,690 pounds of cocaine and 5,490 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated $115 million, in their homeport of St. Petersburg, Wednesday.  In addition to the contraband, Resolute’s crew previously transferred five suspected

Aug. 27, 2024

Coast Guard offloads nearly $50 million in illegal narcotics interdicted in Eastern Pacific Ocean

Aug 23, 2024 — MIAMI – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba (WMEC 907) offloaded more than 3,400 pounds of cocaine and 4,410 pounds of marijuana with a combined assessed street value of approximately $50 million in Port Everglades, Friday.  The Escanaba crew embarked a Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron aircrew, and Law Enforcement

Aug. 21, 2024

Coast Guard offloads more than $14 million in illegal narcotics interdicted by Royal Navy partners in Caribbean Sea

Aug 20, 2024 —  A U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment deployed aboard a British Royal Navy ship, working alongside interagency and international partners, interdicted the illegal drugs in the international waters of the Caribbean Sea.   SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier offloaded more than 1,115 pounds of cocaine with an

June 25, 2024

Deputy Director of Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATFS), visited the MAOC-N Centre’s headquarters in Lisbon

21June 2024 — On the 19th of June 2024, Rear Admiral Joshua Lasky, recently appointed Deputy Director of Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATFS), visited the Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre Narcotics (MAOC-N) Centre’s headquarters in Lisbon.The meeting, hosted by the MAOC-N Centre’s Head of Operations, served to reinforce the institutional

June 6, 2024

Change of Command

June 5, 2024 — Rear Admiral Burdian takes the helm of Key West Joint military command      RADM Mark Fedor and RADM Jo-Ann Burdian Coast Guard Rear Admiral Jo-Ann F. Burdian assumed command of Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATFS) today, in a change of command ceremony at the Tennessee Williams Theater in Key West, FL. JIATFS is a U.S. Department of Defense

Feb. 29, 2024

AMO and partners conduct joint airborne resupply operations at sea

02/28/2024 — Airborne Deployable Delivery System (ADDS) at-sea resupply operations via the AMO P-3 enables U.S. Coast Guard cutter crews to remain on station and operational instead of returning to port to receive critical resources.