Coast Guard Cutter Sherman seizes 703 pounds of cocaine and takes custody of smugglers

EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN – The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman apprehended four suspected drug smugglers after pursuing and interdicting a “go-fast” vessel approximately 48 miles south of Panama, May 27, 2012.
A maritime patrol aircraft spotted the vessel moving at a high rate of speed. The Sherman altered course to intercept, deployed law enforcement teams aboard two interdiction boats,...