Forty-two packages of marijuana onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma Dec. 4, 2010.
A Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen, Puerto Rico, MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew spotted the go-fast vessel in international waters off Cuba and provided the location to the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma.
The Tahoma launched a smallboat crew to stop the go-fast vessel. After the go-fast vessel crew failed to obey orders to heave to, the Tahoma smallboat crew fired a series of warning shots across the go-fast vessel’s bow.
The go-fast vessel stopped in international waters southwest of Punta Maisi, Cuba.
Forty-two packages of marijuana were recovered from the water in the vicinity of the stopped go-fast vessel.
The contraband and four suspected smugglers were transferred to authorities in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
