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| **Media Availability** Coast Guard to offload 700 pounds of marijuana in Miami |
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Media note: Media interested in attending the offload and interviewing crewmembers aboard the cutter should arrive no later than 3:45 p.m. at the Coast Guard Integrated Support Command located at 100 MacArthur Causeway, Miami Beach, Fla. For more information contact public affairs at 786-367-7649.
MIAMI. - Crewmembers from the Station Miami Beach will offload nearly 700 pounds of marijuana, seized from a 35-foot vessel at the Integrated Support Command in Miami Wednesday at 4 p.m. While on routine law enforcement patrol in the Florida Straits, crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Drummond located a suspicious U.S. flagged vessel about 6 a.m. Wednesday. The crew of the Drummond boarded the vessel, found nearly 700 pounds of marijuana, and detained the two suspects. The two suspects were transferred to law enforcement officials ashore. The Coast Guard Cutter Drummond is a 110-foot patrol boat homeported in
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