{"id":24817,"date":"2019-03-15T18:01:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T17:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eolog.com\/authorities-seize-3200-pounds-of-cocaine-at-port-newark\/"},"modified":"2019-03-15T18:01:48","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T17:01:48","slug":"authorities-seize-3200-pounds-of-cocaine-at-port-newark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eolog.com\/en\/authorities-seize-3200-pounds-of-cocaine-at-port-newark\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities Seize 3,200 Pounds of Cocaine at Port Newark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>On February 28, a joint federal and state task force seized 1.5 tons of cocaine at the Port of New York and New Jersey&#039;s Port Newark terminals. It was a small amount relative to the multi-ton&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.maritime-executive.com\/article\/coast-guard-offloads-720m-of-cocaine-in-san-diego\">hauls<\/a>&nbsp;the Coast Guard confiscates in interdictions at sea, but it was still a success, marking the largest seizure of its kind at Port Newark in 25 years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the New York Times, the find occurred by chance when inspectors were examining containers from the vessel <em>MSC Carlotta<\/em>, which had just arrived from Colombia. One container&#039;s seals showed signs of tampering, and when officers opened its doors, they found sixty packages containing about 3,200 pounds of cocaine. The shipment has an estimated street value of $77 million.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) described the bust as a joint effort involving the U.S. Coast Guard, Homeland Security Investigations, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the New York Police Department and the New York State Police, with assistance from the UK&#039;s National Crime Agency and the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.&nbsp;&ldquo;This is a significant seizure, in fact it is the largest cocaine seizure at the Port of New York\/Newark since May 1994,&rdquo; said Troy Miller, CBP&#039;s director for New York Field Operations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/eolog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Authorities-Seize-3200-Pounds-of-Cocaine-at-Port-Newark.jpg\" style=\"height:426px;width:640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/eolog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1552669308_731_Authorities-Seize-3200-Pounds-of-Cocaine-at-Port-Newark.jpg\" style=\"height:914px;width:640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>New developments in consumption<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Demographically, cocaine users skew towards the high end of the income and employment spectrum, and the drug has a close reputational association with the world of finance &#8211; New York City&#039;s biggest industry. But the use pattern may be changing, said DEA Special Agent in Charge Ray Sullivan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Cocaine, New York&rsquo;s nemesis of the 90&rsquo;s, is back &#8211; indicating traffickers push to build an emerging customer base of users mixing cocaine with fentanyl,&rdquo; said Sullivan. &ldquo;This record breaking seizure draws attention to this new threat and shows law enforcement&rsquo;s collaborative efforts in seizing illicit drugs before it gets to the streets and into users&rsquo; hands.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Some analysts question whether this combination is an attractive &#8211; or even an intended &#8211; option for drug users. Fentanyl is an extremely potent opiod, and as little as two milligrams can cause a fatal overdose. As dealers don&#039;t wish to lose valuable cocaine customers, it may well be a contaminant, introduced accidentally by poor hygiene.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dealers often cut their heroin with fentanyl to make it more potent,&nbsp;a leading factor in America&#039;s opiod overdose epidemic. If the dealer also sells cocaine, they may well be packaging it in the same place, without too much cleanup in between jobs. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re not cleaning the scales. They&rsquo;re not cleaning the grinders. They&rsquo;re not cleaning the strainers,&rdquo; harm reduction specialist Tino Fuentes told Rolling Stone. &ldquo;So whatever&rsquo;s left there [from the heroin] is going to be picked up in the first batch of coke.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the reason for the mixture might be, it appears to be widespread, and it often shows up in post-mortem analysis in overdose cases. DEA warns that &quot;individuals who use cocaine occasionally are at an extremely high risk of overdose due to lack of experience and tolerance&quot; with fentanyl.&nbsp;In the first three months of 2018, New York&#039;s Public Health Department found fentanyl in about one percent of the cocaine it tested, prompting it to launch an outreach campaign in bars and clubs.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/>News source: http:\/\/maritime-executive.com <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/maritime-executive.com\/article\/authorities-seize-3-200-pounds-of-cocaine-at-port-newark?rand=17996\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Go to original post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 28, a joint federal and state task force seized 1.5 tons of cocaine at the Port of New York and New Jersey&#039;s Port Newark terminals. 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