So far this year, Canadian planes and warships have helped the United States Coast Guard seize approximately three thousand kilograms of cocaine.
On May 28th, a Royal Canadian Air Force CP-140 Aurora long range patrol aircraft helped with the tracking of a small boat suspected of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific ocean.
810 kilograms of cocaine were seized from that vessel alone, with HMCS Whitehorse, and Edmonton having participated in several other seizures in the previous two months.
On May 28, an @RCAF_ARC CP-140 Aurora assisted in seizing about 810kg of cocaine from a small boat in international waters of the eastern Pacific during #OpCARIBBE.
Working with #JIATF , tracking information was relayed to the @USCG who conducted the bust! #BravoZulu pic.twitter.com/TD5ZRCnk2R
— CAF Operations (@CFOperations) June 8, 2018
Canadian Armed Forces have helped seize or disrupt more than 85 tonnes of cocaine since Operation Caribbe was launched back in 2006.
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(Photo Credit: Aldo Bidini)
