U.S Coast Guard Cutter Returns to San Diego With 37,256 Pounds Of Cocaine Worth $275 Million

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche came back to San Diego and unloaded more than 37,000 pounds of cocaine, confiscated through 11 drug interdiction missions off the coasts of Mexico and Central and South America from December to mid-February.

The narcotics haul weighing almost as much as a humpback whale is worth approximately $275 million and comes days after a search operation ended for a crew member, the 23-year-old Bryan Lee, who is said to be lost at sea.

Lee from Rancho Cordova was found missing in the morning of last Tuesday while the vessel was on its usual patrol around 300 nm south of Mexico. Over 190 hours were spent to search the 19,000 nm for Lee using ships, aircraft and drones before the search was suspended on Monday.

A few moments of silence were observed for him …

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