The Department of Justice and U.S. Coast Guard confiscated more than 48,000 pounds of cocaine with a value of more than $500 million in Florida, top DOJ officials said on Wednesday.

Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel joined the U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday after 48,400 pounds of drugs were offloaded at Port Everglades. The narcotics are worth about $510 million, the USCG said.

“This is what it looks like when a United States whole-of-government approach brings every resource to bare. They are going to get all the drugs off the streets, off the markets and we are going to lock them up,” Patel said. “We are going to dismantle the ‘next-man-up’ theory that has been breeding in these Mexican cartels for generations. No more.”

The USCG targeted traffickers off the coast of Peru, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. The USCG said the operation took 11 days for the crew of the Unites States Coast Guard Cutter James.

“What they did saved countless American lives. This cocaine would have been distributed throughout our country and perhaps throughout our world,” Bondi said. She added that officials believe two cartels, CJNG and Sinaloa, were heavily tied to the shipments.

Patel praised the “interagency process” to make the bust, mentioning the designation of cartels as terrorist organizations, as a reason why.

“This is what happens when you let good cops be cops,” Patel shared on X.

Bondi said the bust resulted in “11 ongoing prosecutions” in Florida. No suspect information was released other than cartel ties.

Last week, Bondi announced the arrests of alleged MS-13 gang members in connection with Florida cold cases. The arrests were in connection to four gang-related cold case homicides that occurred in Broward and Palm Beach counties from 2014 to 2015. They will face federal charges.

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