USCG/RCN Offload Cocaine in San Diego
The Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy offloaded $44.2 million worth of cocaine in San Diego September 12. The crew aboard Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Yellowknife (HMCS-706) and a…
USCGC Waesche Offloads Nine Tons of Cocaine in San Diego
Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) offloaded approximately 18,219 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated street value of more than $239 million, December 6 in San Diego. The offload is…
USCGC James Returns From Successful Narcotics Patrol
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL 754) returned home to Charleston November 4th following a 113-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Patrolling in support of Joint Interagency Task Force-South,…
FS Ventose Seizes 2.4 Tons of Cocaine off West Africa
On 21 September, under the direction of the Maritime Prefect of the Atlantic and the Prosecutor of the Republic of Brest, the surveillance frigate (FS) Ventôse of the French Navy…
Major Cocaine Bust for HNLMS Groningen & US Coast Guard
HNLMS Groningen intercepted almost 2.1 kilos of cocaine in drug seizures in the Caribbean. This already happened on 11 and 12 September but was only announced today. In the first…
USCGC Steadfast Offloads Narcotics in San Diego
Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) offloaded more than 11,600 pounds of cocaine and 5,500 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $158 million in San Diego July 17th. The interdictions…
USCGC Bear Offloaded Over Seven Tons of Cocaine in Miami Beach
Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 901) offloaded more than 14,153 pounds of cocaine worth more than $186 million in Miami Beach June 16th. The offloaded drugs were interdicted during nine…
USCGC Alert Home After Successful Drug Patrol
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) and crew returned to homeport June 16th after a 61-day counternarcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific. On May 26, a U.S. Customs…
HNLMS Holland Intercepted Nearly 1,400 Kilos of Cocaine Before Leaving
Holland is already in Den Helder, after being station ship in the Caribbean for 7 months. Before the patrol ship set sail for the Netherlands, it managed to thwart drug…
Premier-Maitre L’Her Seizes 4.7 Tons of Cocaine off Africa
On April 5, 2023, under the direction of the maritime prefect for the Atlantic and the public prosecutor of Brest, the high seas patrol vessel Premier L’Her of the French…