Coast Guard offloads more than 11 tons of cocaine in San Diego
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton poses with more than 11 tons of cocaine in San Diego, Oct. 3, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Taylor Bacon)
SAN DIEGO —The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton offloaded more than 11 tons of cocaine seized in international waters off the Eastern Pacific Ocean from late August to mid-September Wednesday in San Diego.
The drugs were seized during...
Coast Guard suspends search for possible people in the water near Palos Verdes
SAN PEDRO, Calif. – The Coast Guard has suspended its search for possible people in the water near Palos Verdes, Calif.,at approximately 4 p.m. The search was initiated after a capsized panga was found near Bluff Cove at about 6:30 a.m., this morning.
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Los Angeles, a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium from Station Los Angeles-Long Beach, and the...
Coast Guard interdicts 8 migrants off Fort Pierce
MIAMI – The Coast Guard interdicted eight undocumented migrants 20 miles east of Fort Pierce, Fla., Friday.
Coast Guard, ICE special agents arrest 3 smugglers off Puerto Rico waters, seize $7.5 million in cocaine
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Cushing, working jointly with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents, arrested three smugglers and seized approximately 534 pounds of cocaine and 10 pounds of an undetermined substance in Mayaguez, following an at-sea interdiction of a pleasure craft Thursday.
Cutter Sitkinak keeps nearly 1,000 pounds of marijuana off Florida streets
MIAMI – Crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Sitkinak, intercepted nearly 1,000 pounds of marijuana from a vessel east of Hallandale Beach, Fla., Thursday.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection intercept suspected smuggling boat
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – A Mexican fishing vessel loaded with 23 undocumented Mexican nationals was intercepted by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection interceptor vessel early yesterday morning off the coast of Torrey Pines.
Diligence returns from Alien Migrant Interdiction Operations
WILMINGTON, N.C. – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Diligence will return to its homeport of Wilmington, Sept. 30, after patrolling in the Windward Pass in support of Coast Guard Alien Migration Interdiction Operations.
The Diligence departed Wilmington Aug. 10 for a 52-day patrol in the Windward Passage. The Diligence crew started this patrol by embarking 43 Haitian migrants attempting to gain illegal...
