The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded a historic quantity of cocaine, worth hundreds of millions, on Monday, Aug. 25, marking the largest amount of drugs ever offloaded by the agency.

"To put this into perspective, the potential 23 million lethal doses of cocaine seized by the U.S. Coast Guard and our partners, are enough to fatally overdose the entire population of the state of Florida," Rear Adm. Adam Chamie, commander of the Coast Guard’s Southeast District, said in the release.

Chamie noted the feat underscored "the immense threat posed by transnational drug trafficking in our nation."

The Coast Guard was assisted by the Royal Netherlands Navy ship HNLMS Friesland, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Air and Marine Operations, in addition to other military segments.

The Coast Guard

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