Coast Guard offloads more than $160 million in narcotics
A crane is used to offload interdicted narcotics in Port Everglades, Florida, March 8, 2023. The offload contained an estimated $160 million in cocaine that the Coast Guard and its partners intercepted in the international waters of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Rodriguez.)
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Spencer (WMEC...
Coast Guard Cutter Forward returns home from 60-day deployment
Crew members assigned to USCGC Forward (WMEC 911) transport illegal narcotics to the cutter’s onboard storage location in the Atlantic Ocean Nov. 11, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Olivia Anthony)
PORTSMOUTH, Va.— The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) returned to their homeport in Portsmouth Thursday following a 60-day, counterdrug deployment in the central Caribbean...
Coast Guard offloads more than $101 million in illegal narcotics
A crewmember from Coast Guard Cutter Northland offloads illegal narcotics in Port Everglades, Florida, Nov. 11, 2022. U.S Coast Guard photo.
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Northland (WMEC 904) offloaded approximately 5,363 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $101 million in Port Everglades, Friday, along with 11 suspected smugglers who were apprehended to face prosecution in federal...
Cutter Legare returns from three-month counter narcotics deployment
A Coast Guard Cutter Legare crew member greets his four-legged friend at the pier in Portsmouth, Va., Wednesday. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Legare (WMEC 912) returned to their homeport Wednesday, after an 11-week counter narcotics deployment that included key partner nation engagements and search and rescue...
Coast Guard offloads more than $475 million in illegal narcotics in Miami
Bales of illegal drugs, worth an estimated $475 million, are offloaded onto pallets, Sept. 15, 2022, at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Florida. The illegal narcotics were offloaded by the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Legare (WMEC 912). (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Stephen Lehmann)
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Legare (WMEC 912) offloaded approximately 24,700 pounds...
Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless offloads $160 million in illegal narcotics
Pallets of illegal narcotics offloaded from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless following a drug offload at Base Miami Beach, Florida, April 1, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Eric Rodriguez)
Correction: Previously, we reported the dollar amount was $243 million. The actual amount is $160 million.
MIAMI— Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless’ crew offloaded more than $160 million at Coast Guard...
Coast Guard offloads $48 million in cocaine in Puerto Rico
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez offloaded 62 bales of cocaine weighing 1,981 kilograms and one 28-kilogram bale of amphetamines at Sector San Juan Oct. 2, 2020, following two separate interdictions of smuggling go-fast vessels in the Caribbean Sea. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ricardo Castrodad)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez...
Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen, Royal Netherlands Navy rescue 4 boaters
The aircrew of Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and a Royal Netherlands Navy helicopter rescue swimmer take a photo with the four survivors of a capsized vessel, after they were rescued earlier 45 miles south of Vieques, Puerto Rico July 14, 2019. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen helicopter aircrew and a Royal Netherlands...
Coast Guard members receive the Humanitarian Service Medal from the Netherlands
The U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South crewmembers were awarded Thursday Mar. 7, 2019 with the Humanitarian Service Medal for their relief efforts during Hurricane Irma on 2017. (Coast Guard photo by Seaman Erik Villa Rodriguez)
MIAMI — A Dutch delegation visited Coast Guard Air Station Miami Thursday on behalf of the Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to present...
