USCGC Active Returns From Counternarcotics Patrol
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC 618) and crew returned to homeport, Thursday, after a 58-day counternarcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Sailing over 12,000 nautical miles, from…
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 Waesche Returns Home Following Counternarcotics Patrol
Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) and crew returned to their Alameda homeport April 7th following a 90-day counternarcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The 418-foot national security cutter…
USS Little Rock Deploys on Drug Patrol With USCG LEDET
The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Little Rock (LCS 9), along with the “berzerkers” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 Detachment 5 and U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment…
USS Farragut Offloads More Than $69 Million in Illegal Narcotics
USS Farragut (DDG 99) offloaded approximately 2,314 kilograms of cocaine and 1,986 pounds of marijuana worth a combined $69 million in Port Everglades, Florida Tuesday. The suspected smugglers will face…
HNLMS Holland Intercepts 2,200 Kilograms of Cocaine
Holland seized more than 2,200 kilograms of cocaine. That was the yield of 4 interceptions in the Caribbean, between March 10 and 13 according to a March 4 announcement. In…
USCGC Waesche Offloads Narcotics in San Diego
Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) crew offloaded more than 6,325 pounds of cocaine and more than 13,220 pounds of marijuana worth more than $166 million, Wednesday, in San Diego.…
Coast Guard Offloads More than $101 Million in Cocaine
USCGC Northland (WMEC 904) offloaded approximately 5,363 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $101 million in Port Everglades, Friday, along with 11 suspected smugglers who were apprehended to face prosecution…
USS Milwaukee Begins Drug Patrol
Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), along with the “Dragon Whales” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 Detachment 9 and embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment…