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  • 33K pounds of cocaine seized in one of biggest US drug busts

    MICHAEL RUBINKAM and MATT ROURKE|Jun 19, 2019

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — U.S. authorities seized more than $1 billion worth of cocaine Tuesday from a ship at a Philadelphia port, calling it one of the largest drug busts in American history. The U.S. attorney's office in Philadelphia announced the massive bust on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon, saying law enforcement agents seized about 33,000 pounds (15,000 kilograms) of cocaine from a large ship at the Packer Marine Terminal. Members of the crew were arrested and face federal charges. Agents with dogs swarmed the colossal container ship Tuesday a...