The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has offloaded about 2,570 pounds of cocaine worth more than US$19.3 million following three drug interdictions in the Caribbean Sea.

The drugs were offloaded on April 23 at Base Miami Beach, where six suspected drug smugglers were also transferred to federal authorities.

USCG said the seizures resulted from operations involving the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma and the USS Billings, supported by an embarked Coast Guard law enforcement detachment.

“The success of these interdictions reflects the strength of our partnerships and the persistence of our crews,” Commander Ian Starr, commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, said in a statement.

“By stopping these shipments at sea, we are preventing dangerous drugs from reaching our communities and disrupting transnational criminal organisations,” he added.

The latest seizures form part of expanded US counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, where authorities say maritime interdictions remain a critical front in disrupting drug trafficking routes.

According to the Coast Guard, 80 percent of interdictions involving drugs destined for the United States take place at sea.

The service said it seized more than 511,000 pounds of cocaine in 2025, more than three times its annual average, while operations under Operation Pacific Viper have led to the seizure of more than 215,000 pounds of cocaine and the apprehension of 160 suspected traffickers since August.

US authorities say such operations are aimed at disrupting transnational criminal organisations and cutting off revenue streams used to support wider narcotics trafficking networks.

The Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, which carried out the offload, is based in St Petersburg, Florida.