SECURITYMay 22 · 21:37 UTCKTLA 5Lily Dallow

Feds seize cocaine from oil tanker bound for L.A.

Federal authorities seized 227 kilograms of cocaine from a Greek-owned and Liberian-flagged oil tanker heading to Southern California. The U.S. Department of Justice reported that cartel boats allegedly waited off Mexico's coast before the vessel was intercepted.

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