Jeremy McDermott at the Scotsman has written an excellent story on the use of submarines by drug smugglers.
SOUTH American drug seizures at sea are at a record high, with 70 tons of cocaine worth more than £800 million found by the Colombian navy alone last year, prompting drugs cartels to move their shipments deeper under [...]
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NewsTip: Drug smugglers turn to submarines
Coast Guard Towing Sailboat 130 Miles Offshore
MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Farallon is towing the disabled 37-foot sailing vessel Hot Ticket Thursday evening and is expected to arrive in Key West, Fla., at noon Friday.
The Cutter Farallon arrived on scene at approximately 6 p.m. Thursday after battling 10 to 12-foot seas for more than 10 hours in [...]
U.S. Agency, Coast Guard Help South Korea with Oil Spill Cleanup
By Cheryl Pellerin
Washington — A team of U.S. specialists has lent its expertise to the Republic of Korea after a crane barge collided with the motor tanker Hebei Spirit, releasing nearly 11.4 million liters of crude oil into the Yellow Sea 10 kilometers off the nation’s west coast.
The spill happened December 7, 2007, but the [...]
Cocaine sub sunk off Colombia
BOGOTA – The Columbian Navy announced today that cocaine smugglers scuttled a submarine of the countryies Pacific Coast this week.
This is the second time in less than a month that the Navy, has stopped a submarine. Both times, the U.S. Coast Guard assisted in the seizure, and both times, the smugglers sank their ship before [...]
41 Dominicans Repatriated to La Romana
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Cushing repatriated 41 Dominican migrants Thursday to La Romana, Dominican Republic following an at-sea interdiction Wednesday.
Ten migrants were identified through the use of biometrics (digital fingerprints and photographs) as having attempted to illegally enter the United States or a U.S. territory.
The crew of [...]
Coast Guard suspends search for missing kite surfer
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard suspended its search today for a kite surfer who was reported to be tangled in his kite’s ropes Wednesday about six miles south of Cape Henlopen, Del.
The search began at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday when an observer on shore contacted the local 911 emergency dispatch operator, who in [...]
Coast Guard to Make Navigational Aid Changes in Mathews County, Va.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Due to continued shoaling in the Queens Creek Channel, which is located in Mathews County off the Piankatank River, the Coast Guard is preparing to change the aids to navigation marking this federal navigation project to warning daybeacons.
Numerous changes in the location and types of aids-to-navigation have assisted in keeping the waterway [...]