MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — A U.S. Coast Guard dog at the USCG Base Miami Beach recently helped find “two hidden compartments” with about 407 kilograms of cocaine in a boat, records show.
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The U.S. Coast Guard had stopped a 46-foot Seahorse fishing vessel arriving from the Bahamas on Sunday off Government Cut in Miami-Dade County, records show.
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration special agents in Miami were investigating the case.
The U.S. Marshals Service arrested Pedro Llanes, Lazaro Rodriguez, and Antonio Cruz shortly before 9:20 p.m. on Sunday, records show.
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According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate records, Llanes, 61, and Rodriguez, 62, were at FDC Miami on Friday afternoon.
Llanes, Rodriguez, and Cruz, 48, each face a charge of conspiracy to import more than five kilos of cocaine into the United States.
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