According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 16.5 tons of cocaine was confiscated. Members of the ship’s crew were arrested and federally charged.
Authorities say agents boarded the vessel, identified the container in question, inspected it and removed it from the vessel. It was then taken to an undisclosed federal facility for analysis.
Authorities are weighing the cocaine at the location and looking for other evidence, including DNA.
It’s the largest drug seizure in the history of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
