The U.S. Coast Guard credits a CFB Esquimalt-based Canadian naval ship with helping offload $44.2 million worth of cocaine in San Diego, Thursday (Sept. 12) morning.

The crew aboard HMCS Yellowknife and a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment team intercepted more than 3,100 pounds of cocaine approximately 430 miles southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, Sept. 5, according to a coast guard news release.

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B次元官网网址淚 would like to thank our crew onboard HMCS Yellowknife and our partners with the U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment team, who worked together to support the interdiction of 3,100 lbs. of cocaine,B次元官网网址� said Lt. Cmdr. Tyson Babcock, commanding officer HMCS Yellowknife. B次元官网网址淲e are proud to contribute to the multinational efforts to address illegal trafficking through Operation CARIBBE, CanadaB次元官网网址檚 contribution to U.S.-led enhanced counternarcotics operations under Joint Interagency Task Force South, to impede the flow of illicit drugs and improve the safety and security of North America, the Caribbean and South America.

The Yellowknife is one of 12 Canadian maritime coastal defence vessels and based in Esquimalt.