Canadian warship intercepts boat carrying $50M worth of cocaine off Mexico

[Judi Lynn]

A sailor from HMCS Edmonton and two U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment members investigate suspected jettisoned contraband while HMCS Edmonton searches the jettison field on April 8, 2023, following a successful interdiction of a suspected drug-trafficking vessel. (Department of National Defence)

Todd Coyne

CTV News Vancouver Island Senior Digital Producer

Updated April 28, 2023 3:23 p.m. CDT
Published April 28, 2023 2:25 p.m. CDT

A Canadian warship has returned home to British Columbia after intercepting nearly $50 million worth of cocaine off the coast of Mexico as part of an international counter-narcotics operation.

The coastal defence vessel HMCS Edmonton and its crew of approximately 40 sailors arrived back at Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt on Friday following a 10-week deployment to the eastern Pacific Ocean.

The deployment was part of Operation Caribbe, a longstanding Canadian commitment to U.S.-led anti-drug trafficking operations in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean Sea.

The coastal defence ship, alongside a pair of U.S. Coast Guard cutters and an American helicopter, intercepted a suspected drug-smuggling vessel off Mexico on April 8.

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[orangecrush]

1. ....

[Chainfire]

2. I wonder how much it cost the cartels to produce $50,000,000 worth of cocaine?