SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Nearly 20,000 pounds of cocaine, valued at more than $150 million, will never reach U.S. streets after the U.S. Coast Guard offloaded the massive seizure Thursday morning at the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal in San Diego.

The cocaine was seized during multiple operations in the eastern Pacific Ocean over a two-month deployment known as Operation Pacific Viper.

Officials say the drugs were intercepted at sea and brought to San Diego for offload and investigation.

“This is the offloading of nearly 9,500 kilograms of cocaine, that’s millions of lethal doses worth more than $200 million that will not reach the shores of the United States,” said Rear Adm. Jeff Novak, deputy commander of the Coast Guard’s District Southwest.

Federal officials called the seizure a majo

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