Coast Guard offloads more than $50 million worth of cocaine
A Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew and a small boat crew from the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma arrive to a 226-foot tanker in the Caribbean in August, 2017. Coast... More
Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) crew members
Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) crew members palletize bales of contraband on the cutter’s flight deck following an at-sea interdiction of a low-profile go-fast vessel during Bertholf's patrol of the Eas... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jerome Shipley
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jerome Shipley reenlists for an additional four years of service while aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf during the cutter’s counterdrug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Oc... More
Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Robert J.
Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Robert J. Yered offload and guard 2,300 pounds of cocaine at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Fla., Saturday, July 20, 2013. The seized cocaine, worth an estimated $35 mill... More
Coast Guard Cutter Diligence crewmembers offload more
Coast Guard Cutter Diligence crewmembers offload more than 1,800 kilograms of cocaine from the Diligence in St. Petersburg, Florida, Sept. 17, 2017. Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma crewmembers interdicted the contrab... More
Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant offload
Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant offload interdicted drugs at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Florida, June 12. The crew offloaded a total of $13.7 million worth of cocaine and marijuana. (U.S. Coa... More
A Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC-911) crewmember
A Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC-911) crewmember positions bales of interdicted cocaine to be loaded onto a crane and offloaded at Port Everglades, Florida, Feb. 5, 2019. The Forward crew offloaded approximat... More
Crew members from the Coast Guard Pacific Tactical
Crew members from the Coast Guard Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team offloads approximately 5,100 pounds of suspected cocaine from The Royal Canadian Navy HMCS Edmonton at Naval Base San Diego Dec. 7th, 2018... More
Coast Guard Station Miami Beach, Fla., crew members
Coast Guard Station Miami Beach, Fla., crew members offload approximately 719 kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated wholesale value of more than $23 million Sept. 18, 2014, at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach. Th... More
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) crew members
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) crew members seized more than 2,100 pounds of cocaine July 26, 2019, from a low-profile go-fast vessel interdicted in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean... More
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) crew members
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) crew members aboard the cutter’s 35-foot Long Range Interceptor small boat supervising the intentional sinking of suspected drug-smuggling boats May 17, 2019, following ... More
US COAST GUARD LAE ENFORCEMENT - ATLANTIC
Nassau, Bahamas (July 24) -- Coast Guard aircrewmen from Air Station Clearwater, Fla., help off-loading cocaine seized in Nassau. The motor vessel Anne was discovered loaded with cocaine by personnel assigned t... More
US COAST GUARD DRUG SEIZURE, Florida
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Apr. 4, 2006)--A row of boxes filled with kilos of cocaine wait to be inventoried as evidence for the Justice Department April 4, 2006. Approximately 8.7 metric tons of cocaine was brought b... More
US COAST GUARD DRUG ENFORCEMENT
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (April 7, 2006)--Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous load hoist netting with bales of cocaine during a drug offload. The drugs, 103 bales worth an estimated $200 million, we... More
A suspected smuggling vessel drifts in international
A suspected smuggling vessel drifts in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean after being intercepted by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC-618) in May, 2020. More than 2,000 pounds of c... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Davis, a boatswain's
Petty Officer 2nd Class Alexander Davis, a boatswain's mate aboar the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, stands security during a cocaine and heroin offload in San Diego, Calif., Sept. 20, 2017. The Coast Guard and i... More
A crewmember from Coast Guard Cutter Valiant hugs his
A crewmember from Coast Guard Cutter Valiant hugs his son Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Mayport, Florida. The Valiant crew returned to homeport following a 63-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. U.S. Coast Gua... More
Gen. John F. Kelly, U.S. Southern Command commander,
Gen. John F. Kelly, U.S. Southern Command commander, responds to questions during a drug offload at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, April 26, 2013. The crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber offload... More
Pictured are interdicted packages that tested positive
Pictured are interdicted packages that tested positive for cocaine near Panama, June 8, 2020. The Coast Guard and partner agencies interdicted approximately 1,500 packages testing positive for cocaine after a C... More
Crews work to offload more than 28,000 pounds of cocaine
Crews work to offload more than 28,000 pounds of cocaine off the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell at Naval Base San Diego, April 16, 2015. The Boutwell crew returned to San Diego with the cocaine, worth over $424 mi... More
Admiral Charles Ray speaks during a press briefing
Admiral Charles Ray speaks during a press briefing on the flight deck of Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC-901) before a drug offload April 18, 2019 at Port Everglades, Florida. The drugs were interdicted off the c... More
Bales of contraband seized from a suspected drug smuggling
Bales of contraband seized from a suspected drug smuggling vessel sit on the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) while the cutter and crew are deployed to the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Nov. 27, 2019... More
Paulo Rosario and Alejandro Martinez were detected
Paulo Rosario and Alejandro Martinez were detected by a Coast Guard aircraft 32 nautical miles south of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, traveling east toward Puerto Rico on Aug. 16, 2012. As the aircraft approached the... More
Vice Adm. Fred Midgette, commander, Coast Guard Pacific
Vice Adm. Fred Midgette, commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area presents a counter-drug cocaine snowflake for the volume of cocaine interdicted at sea to the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett March 31, 2017 i... More
A Non Compliant Vessel Pursuit team from the Coast
A Non Compliant Vessel Pursuit team from the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell, a 378-foot high endurance cutter home-ported in Naval Base San Diego, conducts patrols in the eastern Pacific Ocean Thursday, Feb. 26, 2... More
Rear Adm. Peter Gautier, commander, Eleventh Coast
Rear Adm. Peter Gautier, commander, Eleventh Coast Guard District, presents The Coast Guard Distinguished Public Service award to Adam Braverman at the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Office Building on Dec. 11, 201... More
Capt. Drew Pearson, Coast Guard Sector San Juan commander,
Capt. Drew Pearson, Coast Guard Sector San Juan commander, alongside federal and local law enforcement partners, at Coast Guard Base San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 23, 2013 Juan, provides details to reporters of a... More
US COAST GUARD LAW ENFORCEMENT - ATLANTIC
Nassau, Bahamas (July 24) -- Coast Guard aircrewmen from Air Station Clearwater, Fla., take a break from off-loading cocaine seized in Nassau. The motor vessel Anne was discovered loaded with cocaine by personn... More
Coast Guard Cutter Seneca offloads more than 12,000 pounds of cocaine ...
The Coast Guard Cutter Seneca (WMEC-906) crew offloaded more than 12,000 pounds of cocaine Sept. 20, 2019 at Coast Guard Sector Miami. The drugs were interdicted in international waters of the Eastern Pacific O... More
Coast Guard Vice Adm. Linda Fagan, Pacific Area commander,
Coast Guard Vice Adm. Linda Fagan, Pacific Area commander, and Rear Adm. Peter Gauiter, the 11th Coast Guard District commander, stand alongside Capt. Brian Anderson, the commanding officer of the Coast Guard C... More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Active, a 210-foot
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Active, a 210-foot medium endurance Reliance-class cutter homeported in Port Angeles, Washington, interdicts more than 1 ton of cocaine from four suspected drug smugglers duri... More
U.S. Coast Guard members sit atop a seized semi-submersible
U.S. Coast Guard members sit atop a seized semi-submersible suspected smuggling vessel in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean Oct. 24, 2019. The semi-submersible was intercepted the previous day ... More
Vice Adm. Carlos Adolfo Thomas Ramirez (right), commandant
Vice Adm. Carlos Adolfo Thomas Ramirez (right), commandant of the Guatemalan Navy, meets with Capt. Edward Westfall, commanding officer of the Coast Guard Boutwell, a 378-foot high endurance cutter homeported i... More
A Coast Guard Cutter Diligence crewmember hands off
A Coast Guard Cutter Diligence crewmember hands off a bale of cocaine in St. Petersburg, Florida, Sept. 17, 2017. Diligence crewmembers offloaded more than 1,800 kilograms of cocaine after the Coast Guard Cutte... More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Active wraps pallets
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Active wraps pallets of cocaine in San Diego during a drug offload, Oct. 25, 2017. The crew aboard the active offloaded more than 6,000 pounds of cocaine that was interdicted ... More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL-754)
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL-754) offloaded more than 30,000 pounds of cocaine and marijuana in Port Everglades June 9, 2020. The offload was a result of 11 at-sea interdictions between four C... More
Seaman Zachary LaCasse and Seaman Kenneth Morales,
Seaman Zachary LaCasse and Seaman Kenneth Morales, crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Waesche, offload contraband from the cutter at Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal in San Diego April 5, 2019. More than 7.1 ton... More
Coast Guardsmen from the Cutter Active from Port Angeles,
Coast Guardsmen from the Cutter Active from Port Angeles, Wash., inspect a panga that was suspected of trafficking cocaine Feb. 28, 2015. The Active returns April 12 from a deployment in the Eastern Pacific Oce... More
Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast crew members board a suspected
Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast crew members board a suspected drug smuggling vessel June 30, 2019, in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean during Steadfast’s counter-drug patrol to the region, result... More
Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) boarding teams
Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) boarding teams interdict a low-profile go-fast vessel while patrolling international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, seizing more than 3,100 pounds of suspected cocai... More
Boarding team members from the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf
Boarding team members from the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf and Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team conduct a boarding through the night and into the early morning of a fishing vessel and multiple pangas suspe... More
Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) boarding teams
Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) boarding teams interdict a low-profile go-fast vessel while patrolling international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, seizing more than 3,100 pounds of suspected cocai... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jerome Shipley
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jerome Shipley reenlists for an additional four years of service while aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf during the cutter’s counterdrug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Oc... More
US COAST GUARD LAW ENFORCEMENT, HOUSTON, TEXAS
Houston, TX (Sept. 1999) -- Coast Guard members offload cocaine found hidden under iron ore aboard the motor vessel Cannes. USCG Photo by PA2 Mark Mackowiak
US COAST GUARD DRUG ENFORCEMENT
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (April 7, 2006)--Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous stand-by, waiting to offload 103 bales of cocaine, worth an estimated $200 million. The contraband was interdicted from ... More
In this reference photo, a crew member from the U.S.
In this reference photo, a crew member from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf inspects bales of cocaine discovered beneath the decks of a suspected smuggling vessel May 29, 2013. After the suspicious vessel ... More
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Decisive offload
Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Decisive offload approximately $44 million worth of cocaine at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., Dec. 16, 2014. On Nov. 29, Decisive crewmembers interdicted a 170-... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Yamil Brito (left) and Petty
Petty Officer 2nd Class Yamil Brito (left) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Steven Aragon, crew members aboard the Coast Guard Boutwell, a 378-foot high endurance cutter homeported in Naval Base San Diego, conduct d... More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Farallon scans the
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Farallon scans the Caribbean Sea following an interagency at-sea interdiction April 30, 2014 by Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection and the Puerto Rico Police south of ... More
Boarding officers in an interceptor boat from the U.S.
Boarding officers in an interceptor boat from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton take suspected smugglers into custody during the boarding of a suspected smuggling vessel in international waters in the drug t... More
Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast
Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast send off a pallet of seized cocaine during an offload at Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal, San Diego, July 16, 2018. The drugs were interdicted from four suspected... More
U.S. Coast Guard members stack bales of seized cocaine
U.S. Coast Guard members stack bales of seized cocaine discovered aboard a semi-submersible suspected smuggling vessel on the deck of the cutter Bertholf in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean Oct... More
A Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell crewman guards more than
A Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell crewman guards more than 28,000 pounds of cocaine during an offload at Naval Base San Diego, April 16, 2015. The Boutwell crew returned to San Diego with the cocaine, worth over $4... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Blaize Potts, an aviation
Petty Officer 1st Class Blaize Potts, an aviation maintenance technician, from Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay speaks with the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf’s landing signaling officer on the cutter’s flight... More
Coast Guard crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter
Coast Guard crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Spencer transfer bales of cocaine to a boatcrew from Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Florida, off the coast of Miami May 10, 2014. During a patrol, the crew a... More
Coast Guard offloads 11 tons of cocaine in San Diego
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton poses with more than 11 tons of cocaine in San Diego, Oct. 3, 2018. The drugs were seized during the interdiction of eight suspected smuggling vessels found off the c... More
Coast Guard Cutter Stratton crewmembers return home, more than 16,000 ...
Family reunite with servicemembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton after the cutter returned to its homeport in Alameda, California, October 4, 2018, following the cutter’s 104-day patrol. The cutter ste... More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche poses with
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche poses with pallets holding more than 7.1 tons of contraband Friday at Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal in San Diego April 5, 2019. The drugs were seized during six separat... More
Fireman David Fimple (right), crewmember aboard the
Fireman David Fimple (right), crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Boutwell, a 378-foot high endurance cutter homeported in Naval Base San Diego, helps a shipmate out of a hatch during a damage control drill at se... More
Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) crew members
Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) crew members offload more than 18,000 pounds of cocaine in San Diego, Dec. 18, 2019. The $312 million-worth of seized cocaine was the result of seven separate suspected dr... More
Crewmembers of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell and
Crewmembers of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell and civilian crane operators prepare to offload 28,000 pounds of cocaine at Naval Base San Diego, Oct. 6, 2014. The cocaine was seized during 18 separate interdic... More
Boarding team members from the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf
Boarding team members from the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf and Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team search a panga suspected of smuggling illicit drugs in concealed cargo holds during Bertholf’s counter narcot... More
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Phil Lago, a boatswains
Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Phil Lago, a boatswains mate, is presented a permanent cutterman’s pin from Capt. John Driscoll, Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf’s commanding officer, during a counterdrug patrol... More
US COAST GUARD DRUG ENFORCEMENT
Galveston, Texas (June 1999) -- Law enforcement officers unloads bales of cocaine from the vessel China Breeze. USCG photo by PA3 Patrick Montgomery
US COAST GUARD DRUG ENFORCEMENT
Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico (Aug. 18) -- A view inside the vessel Xoloescuintle's fuel tank filled with cocaine. The CGC Munro (WHEC 724), homeported in Alameda, Calif., first spotted the vessel 600 miles south of ... More
US COAST GUARD DRUG SEIZURE, Florida
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Sept. 29, 2004)--Members of Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 406 based out of Miami, turn over custody of more than 3,500 pounds of cocaine to Drug Enforcement Agency officers, Sept. 2... More
Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous
Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous form a line down the cutters brow, transferring bales of contraband from the cutter to the pier during a drug offload at Port Everglades, Fla., Nov. 15, 2013.... More
Nearly four tons of cocaine seized by U.S. Coast Guard
Nearly four tons of cocaine seized by U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement teams sit on the deck of the guided-missile frigate USS Rentz before being offloaded in San Diego, March 3, 2014. Coast Guard teams operati... More
Coast Guard and other federal law enforcement officials
Coast Guard and other federal law enforcement officials work together to offload more than eight and a half tons of cocaine from the USS Vandergrift at Naval Base San Diego, Dec. 19, 2014. The cocaine was seize... More
Suspected drug smugglers aboard a Panga boat flee from
Suspected drug smugglers aboard a Panga boat flee from Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley's small boat crew in the Caribbean Sea, Oct. 3, 2018. An HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Air Station Elizabeth City, N... More
A crew member from the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton
A crew member from the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton wraps a pallet of cocaine in San Diego, Oct. 3, 2018. The drugs were seized during the interdiction of eight suspected smuggling vessels found off the coasts o... More
Coast Guard offloads 34,780 pounds of cocaine in Port Everglades
A Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC-911) crewmember wraps bales of interdicted cocaine to be offloaded at Port Everglades, Florida, Feb. 5, 2019. The Forward crew offloaded approximately 34,780 pounds of cocaine... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Edward Sanchez, a culinary
Petty Officer 1st Class Edward Sanchez, a culinary specialist aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro, holds his daugther after returning to homeport in Alameda, California, July 15, 2019. The cutter returns a... More
Packages of cocaine seized by U.S. Coast Guard law
Packages of cocaine seized by U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement teams sit on the deck of the guided-missile frigate USS Rentz before being offloaded in San Diego, March 3, 2014. Coast Guard teams operating aboar... More
Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast boarding team members
Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast boarding team members intercept a suspected Low Profile Vessel with approximately 3,203 pounds of cocaine onboard in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Nov. 30, 2017. Steadfast was patrolli... More
The cabin of a low-profile go-fast vessel interdicted
The cabin of a low-profile go-fast vessel interdicted by crew members from the pre-commissioned Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) July 31 in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The crew seize... More
Members of a boarding team aboard the Coast Guard Cutter
Members of a boarding team aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton monitors four suspects aboard a Coast Guard long-rang interceptor boat in international waters in the drug transit zone of the Eastern Pacific O... More
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton stand at
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton stand at parade rest on the flight deck of the cutter before a cocaine and heroin offline in San Diego, Calif., Sept. 20, 2017. Coast Guardsmen offload more than 50,00... More
Boarding team members from the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf
Boarding team members from the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf and Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team remove contraband from a low-profile-go-fast-vessel interdicted by the boarding team while the cutter was con... More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton is greeted
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton is greeted by their families after returning home to Alameda, California, following a four-month deployment to the Eastern Pacific. The Stratton’s crew recently offlo... More
A boatcrew aboard a 26-foot Mark IV small boat from
A boatcrew aboard a 26-foot Mark IV small boat from the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf operate during evening hours while the cutter was conducting a counterdrug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 5, 2018.... More
US COAST GUARD DRUG SEIZURE FLORIDA
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (Apr. 9)--A U.S. Customs agent sorts through nearly 3000 lbs of cocaine seized by the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk off Columbia and transferred to St. Petersburg, Fla. for processing. USCG ph... More
Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous interdicts cocaine
Bales of cocaine are shown on the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous May 30, 2016, in the Atlantic Ocean. The Vigorous returned to Virginia Beach, Virginia, following a 55-day deployment in the Eastern Pac... More
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returned to
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returned to homeport Tuesday, June 6, 2017, at Naval Base Mayport, Florida. The crew returned following a 63-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. U.S. Coast Guard phot... More
An estimated 12,500 pounds of cocaine and 50 pounds
An estimated 12,500 pounds of cocaine and 50 pounds of marijuana lie on pallets onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton Aug. 1, 2018, in Port Everglades. The drugs were seized during the interdiction of five su... More
Uttam Dhillon, the Drug Enforcement Agency acting
Uttam Dhillon, the Drug Enforcement Agency acting administrator, delivers his remarks during a drug offload aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro in Coronado, California, July 11, 2019. The crew Cutter Mu... More
The Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant (WMEC-617) crew stands
The Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant (WMEC-617) crew stands amongst 6,800 pounds of interdicted cocaine at Port Everglades, Florida, June 23, 2020. The cutter Vigilant crew seized a total of 122 bales of cocaine, Ju... More
Petty Officer 1st Class Francisco Acevedo, crewmember
Petty Officer 1st Class Francisco Acevedo, crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous, stacks bales of cocaine during a drug offload in Port Everglades, Fla., Nov. 15, 2013. The total weight of cocaine ... More
A crew member aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Richard
A crew member aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge, a 154-foot Sentinel-class fast response cutter home-ported at Sector Miami, offloads approximately 1,500 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated whol... More
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton is greeted
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton is greeted by their families after returning home to Alameda, California, following a four-month deployment to the Eastern Pacific. The Stratton’s crew recently offlo... More
Boarding officers in an interceptor boat from the U.S.
Boarding officers in an interceptor boat from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton seize cocaine from suspected smugglers during the boarding of a suspected smuggling vessel in international waters in the drug ... More
A boarding team member from Coast Guard Cutter Stratton
A boarding team member from Coast Guard Cutter Stratton prepares to grab a bale of cocaine that suspected smugglers jettisoned from their vessel in a failed attempt to flee Coast Guard pursuit in the Eastern Pa... More
The deck of Coast Guard Midgett lined with stacks of
The deck of Coast Guard Midgett lined with stacks of interdicted contraband including 1,232 pounds of cocaine and 110 pounds of marijuana jettisoned by fleeing smugglers during a night-time pursuit in the Easte... More
Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant
Crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant stack seized cocaine at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Florida, June 12. On May 22, the crew of the Vigilant and the Coast Guard Cutter Bear interdicted the co... More
Crew members from the Coast Guard Pacific Tactical
Crew members from the Coast Guard Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team offloads approximately 5,100 pounds of suspected cocaine from The Royal Canadian Navy HMCS Edmonton at Naval Base San Diego Dec. 7th, 2018... More
Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC 618) boarding teams
Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC 618) boarding teams prepare to board a panga-style vessel suspected of smuggling drugs in the Eastern Pacific, Dec. 9, 2020. Within 72 hours, Active’s crew interdicted two vessel... More
Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast crew members board a suspected
Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast crew members board a suspected drug smuggling vessel interdicted in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean July 18, 2019, during Steadfast’s counter-drug patrol in the re... More
CGC Forward crew poses with seized cocaine
CARIBBEAN SEA - The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Forward poses with the 2.8 tons of cocaine with an estimated street value of $80 million seized from a fishing vessel in the Caribbean Sea on Aug. 3. U.S. Coast G... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Tim Suraci, a crew member aboard
Petty Officer 3rd Class Tim Suraci, a crew member aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bear, stands watch during an offload of more than 1,851 pounds of cocaine with a wholesale value of more than $22 million at Coast... More
U.S. Coast Guardsmen aboard the Coast Guard Cutter
U.S. Coast Guardsmen aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Hawk, an 87-foot Coastal Patrol Boat home-ported in St. Petersburg, Fla., offload more than $12 million of cocaine, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013, at Coast Guard Se... More