Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast offloads $158 million of drugs
Crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) stack interdicted, illegal drugs on the flight deck of the cutter as they prepare to offload in San Diego, July 17, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Uranga)
SAN DIEGO — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) offloaded more than 11,600 pounds of cocaine and 5,500 pounds of marijuana...
Coast Guard and CBP seize 223 pounds of narcotics
SAN PEDRO, Calif. – U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles – Long Beach and U.S. Customs and Border Protection recovered 223 pounds of cocaine today from a vessel that became disabled on July 4, off the coast of Columbia.
Two individuals on a disabled panga-style vessel flagged down a good Samaritan en route to Long Beach, California. The good Samaritan vessel recovered the two individuals and...
Coast Guard offloads more than $23 million in illegal narcotics
Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier crewmembers offload approximately 2,024 pounds of cocaine, estimated to have a wholesale value of $23 million dollars, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 26, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ricardo Castrodad)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier (WPC 1115) offloaded more than 2,024 pounds of cocaine worth more than $23 million in San Juan,...
Coast Guard Cutter Bear returns home
The crew of USCGC Bear (WMEC 901) returns to home port, June 22, 2023, at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kate Kilroy)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 910) returned home to Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, Thursday, following a 65-day Caribbean Sea patrol.
While underway in the Seventh Coast Guard District’s area of responsibility...
Coast Guard Cutter Alert returns home after patrol in Eastern Pacific
The Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) boarding Team uses buckets to scoop water out of go-fast vessel after the suspected drug smugglers attempted to scuttle the vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean May 26, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ens. Samuel Severson)
ASTORIA, Ore. – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) and crew returned to homeport Friday, after a 61-day counternarcotics patrol...
Coast Guard Cutter Alert offloads $76 million worth of narcotics
Two Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) crewmembers offload bales of seized narcotics in San Diego, June. 9, 2023. U.S.Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Stanton.
SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) crew offloaded more than 5,776 pounds of cocaine worth more than $76 million, Friday, in San Diego.
The interdiction occurred in international waters in the Eastern Pacific...
Coast Guard Seizes $30 Million in Drugs in Gulf of Oman
Bags of illegal drugs sit on the deck of a fishing vessel seized by U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Glen Harris in the Gulf of Oman, May 8, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
MANAMA, Bahrain – A U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter seized more than $30 million of heroin and methamphetamine from a fishing vessel transiting the Gulf of Oman, May 8.
Operating in support of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, Coast...
Coast Guard offloads $10.2 million in seized cocaine in San Juan
The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier crew offload 901 pounds (411kgs) of cocaine Wednesday in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier crew and Caribbean Corridor Strike Force agents offloaded 901 pounds (411kgs) of cocaine Wednesday in San Juan, Puerto Rico, following the interdiction of a smuggling vessel north of Puerto Rico.
The three men apprehended...
Coast Guard Cutter Waesche returns home from counternarcotics patrol
Family members reunite with Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) crewmembers after the cutter returned home to Base Alameda, California, following a 90-day counternarcotics patrol. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Matthew Masaschi.
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) and crew returned to their Alameda homeport, Friday, following a 90-day counternarcotics patrol...
