Multi-agency effort nets 853 lbs marijuana, 3 suspected smugglers
MIAMI — Coast Guard, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Customs and Border Protection and the Royal Bahamian Police Force crews have interdicted three suspected smugglers off the coast of Andros Island, Bahamas, Wednesday.
The suspects and more than 850 pounds of marijuana, worth a wholesale value of $773,671, were taken into custody following a three-day pursuit of a go-fast vessel across more...
Coast Guard, Turks and Caicos rescue crews assist 55 Haitians in water
MIAMI — Approximately 55 Haitians are being rescued by Coast Guard and Turks and Caicos rescue crews, 100 meters off the South Dock in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, Wednesday.
Approximately 55 Haitian migrants fell into the water Wednesday morning when their overloaded sail freighter capsized off the coast of Providenciales.
The incident was reported from Turks and Caicos police to Coast Guard...
Coast Guard assists approximately 100 Haitians clinging to capsized sail freighter
MIAMI — At least 10 Haitian migrants are reported dead and approximately 100 are being rescued by Coast Guard and Royal Bahamian Defense Force rescue crews 15 nautical miles southwest of Staniel Cay, Bahamas, Tuesday.
More than 100 Haitian migrants fell into the water Monday night when their overloaded sail freighter grounded and capsized off coast of Staniel Cay.
The incident was reported by...
Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos seizes more than 3,000 pounds of marijuana
MIAMI — A joint task force from Operation Bahamas, Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) seized 3,150 pounds of marijuana with an estimated wholesale value of over $3 million in the vicinity of Hatchet Point on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas, Thursday.
The OPBAT task force was comprised of elements from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the U.S. Coast Guard, and the Bahamas Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU),...
Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos seizes $2 million in marijuana
Miami — Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos (OPBAT), consisting of the U.S. Coast Guard, Royal Bahamian Police Force Drug Enforcement Unit and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), located 67 bales of marijuana on Little Farmer’s Cay in the Exuma island chain of the Bahamas, Friday.
The seizure is the second in a week and is a direct result of coordinated U.S. and Bahamian counter-narcotics...
Operation Bahamas, Turks and Caicos seizes 1,220 pounds of marijuana in the Caribbean
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jon-Paul Rios
MIAMI – On Wednesday August 28, a joint task force from Operation Bahamas, Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) seized 1,220 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated wholesale value of $1.1 million in the vicinity of Andros Island, Bahamas.
The OPBAT task force was comprised of elements from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard, the...
Coast Guard crews respond to vessel explosion off of Bimini, Bahamas
MIAMI — Coast Guard crews are responding to a vessel explosion 26 miles east of Bimini, Bahamas, Tuesday.
Search-and-rescue coordinators at the Coast Guard Seventh District command center in Miami received a report at approximately 4 p.m. from the Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos operations center (OPBAT) from a good Samaritan that a 35-foot fishing vessel burst into flames and exploded. The good...
Coast Guard rescues two people from disabled vessel
MIAMI — Two people were rescued at sea southwest of Abaco, Bahamas, by a deployed Coast Guard MH-60 helicopter crew Monday.
Nick Carullo and Calvin Koch were hoisted from the disabled 34-foot vessel, Dupleta, approximately two miles southwest of Abaco.
Seventh Coast Guard District command center received the report of the disabled vessel and launched an aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater,...
Five Rescued Thanks to Multi-National Effort
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. – The Canaveral-based Coast Guard Cutter Confidence aided in the rescue of five people Wednesday afternoon near Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
The five people were rescued in a multi-national rescue effort after their vessel caught fire and sank 40 miles north of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.
The five survivors are Dominican Republican nationals who were located...
