The U.S. Coast Guard announced that its drug interdiction effort Operation Pacific Viper, which began in August 2025, has prevented 225,000 pounds of cocaine in the eastern Pacific from reaching American shores.The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bear seized 7,707 pounds of cocaine in the eastern Pacific over the weekend, officially boosting the tally to almost a quarter of a million pounds of the illicit substance.“Our forces conducting Operation Pacif…