U.S. forces carried out airstrikes on another vessel allegedly carrying illegal drugs off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday, President Donald Trump announced on Sunday.
“In recent weeks, the Navy has supported our mission to blow the cartel terrorists the hell out of the water. … We did another one last night. Now we just can’t find any,” Trump said during remarks at Naval Station Norfolk, flanked by two U.S. aircraft carriers.
Trump added that the United States would also increase scrutiny on drug trafficking occurring by land.
“They’re not coming in by sea anymore, so now we’ll have to start looking about the land because they’ll be forced to go by land.”
The remarks came as part of a celebration of the U.S. Navy’s 250th birthday.
This story will be updated with additional details.
