Coast Guard OPBAT aircrew and Bahamas Defence Force seize about 40 packages of cocaine near Castle Island

Text poster only. The source photos show rows of black taped bricks beside a block of packages blurred by the release on a dark boat deck with a coiled rope, and an aerial surveillance view of a white go-fast boat with two outboard motors beached on a rocky shoreline. — U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District (@USCGSoutheast), watch at source · Link-only (source-hosted; not rehosted)

Photos posted Oct. 20, 2026 by the U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District. The Coast Guard says an Operation Bahamas, Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) aircrew worked with the Royal Bahamas Defence Force to seize about 40 packages of suspected cocaine near Castle Island in the southern Bahamas on Thursday, Oct. 15. Bahamian police, as reported by local outlets, said a go-fast boat was found beached and two bags buried in the sand held 40 packages weighing about 99 lb, with an estimated street value of $1.98 million, and that no arrests were made. The photos show the packages laid out on a deck and an aerial view of a white go-fast boat on the shore.

What: Coast Guard OPBAT aircrew and Bahamas Defence Force seize about 40 packages of cocaine near Castle Island
Where: Castle Island, southern Bahamas
When: Oct 15, 2026
Who: U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District (@USCGSoutheast), with the Royal Bahamas Defence Force
Status: Official release
Warning: Content warning: None. Drug packages on a deck and a beached boat; no one harmed. Graphic level: none.

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U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District (@USCGSoutheast), with the Royal Bahamas Defence Force · U.S. Coast Guard Southeast on X (Oct. 20, 2026): OPBAT and RBDF seize about 40 packages of suspected cocaine near Castle Island

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Captured 15 October 2026. Time captured: not stated. Releasing authority: U.S. Coast Guard Southeast District (@USCGSoutheast), with the Royal Bahamas Defence Force. Location: Castle Island, southern Bahamas.

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