HMCS Edmonton and HMCS Yellowknife, which returned home Wednesday, were part of Operation Caribbe, which aims to disrupt the movement of illicit drugs and goods in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean Sea.
Two CFB Esquimalt ships returned home Wednesday after a seven-week mission to Mexican waters where they intercepted about 1,400 kilograms of suspected cocaine, with an estimated street value of $60 million US.
“That was a pretty good interdiction for a single bust,” he said. “Normally to get that much you’d have to be out a lot longer.” The Canadians worked closely with the U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment during the mission, he said — HMCS Yellowknife had seven Americans as part of its crew.MacDonald said keeping drugs from reaching the streets in North America is a major goal of the operation.
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