a coast guard cutter arrived in san diego on thursday with more than 14 tons of cocaine, part of what authorities has described as a surge of seizures near central and south america the cocaine, valued by the coast guard at $424 million, was seized by us and canadian forces in 19 separate incidents in the eastern pacific ocean near central and south america it included a 10½ ton bust from a coastal freighter, the largest maritime drug interdiction in that area since 2009 a crewman from the coast guard cutter boutwell guards some of more than 28,000 pounds of cocaine, seized at sea and offloaded at naval base san diego on thursday  the cocaine was seized by us and canadian forces in 19 separate incidents in the eastern pacific ocean near central and south america  the us navy and coast guard and royal canadian navy ships have seized more than 28 tons of cocaine valued at $848 million in the eastern pacific region near central and south america in the last six months, resulting in 101 arrests that's more than the 12 month period that ended in september, and us authorities have called it the most successful run for drug seizures in the area since 2009 suspicious vessels in international waters were tracked by military or law enforcement aircraft or vessels coast guard personnel operating from coast guard cutters and royal canadian navy vessels boarded the ships to seize the drugs thursday's arrival marked the second time that the cutter boutwell has returned home with a huge load of drugs in october, its crew turned over more than 14 tons of cocaine to the us drug enforcement administration suspicious vessels in international waters were tracked by military or law enforcement aircraft or vessels coast guard personnel operating from coast guard cutters and royal canadian navy vessels boarded the ships to seize the drugs thursday's arrival marked the second time that the cutter boutwell returned home with a huge load of drugs in october, its crew turned over more than 14 tons of cocaine to the us drug enforcement administration us navy and coast guard and royal canadian navy ships have seized more than 28 tons of cocaine valued at $848 million in the last six months 
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the cocaine was seized by us and canadian forces in 19 separate incidents in the eastern pacific ocean near central and south america  it included a 10½ ton bust from a coastal freighter, the largest maritime drug interdiction in that area since 2009  us navy and coast guard and royal canadian navy ships have seized more than 28 tons of cocaine valued at $848 million  in the last six months  authorities have called it the most successful run for drug seizures in the area since 2009 