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...
Unmanned Surface Vessel Transits Strait of Hormuz with U.S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard cutters Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141) and John Scheuerman (WPC 1146) transit the Strait of Hormuz with an L3Harris Arabian Fox MAST-13 unmanned surface vessel, April 19, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Information Systems Technician 1st Class Vincent Aguirre)
by NAVCENT Public Affairs
MANAMA, Bahrain – An unmanned surface vessel from U.S. 5th Fleet transited the Strait of Hormuz with...
Coast Guard Seizes Heroin Shipment in Gulf of Oman
Personnel from Coast Guard Cutter Glen Harris (WPC 1144) recover bags of illegal narcotics discarded by a fishing vessel interdicted in the Gulf of Oman, May 31. (U.S. Navy photo)
MANAMA, Bahrain – A U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter seized 310 kilograms of heroin worth an estimated U.S. street value of $11 million from a fishing vessel while conducting patrols in the Gulf of Oman, May 31.
Coast...
Fast response cutters Charles Moulthrope and Robert Goldman join PATFORSWA
Fast response cutters USCGC Robert Goldman and USCGC Charles Moulthrope and patrol boats USCGC Maui and Adak transit the Arabian Gulf en route to Bahrain, May 24. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Logan Kaczmarek)
Story by U.S. Navy 5th Fleet Public Affairs
MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class fast response cutters USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141) and Robert Goldman (WPC 1142) arrived...
Coast Guard Joint Service Operation Prevents Weapons Smuggling
A joint team from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, and U.S. Coast Guard onboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill seize illicit shipments of weapons and weapons components during a maritime security operation off the coast of Somalia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Louis Thompson Staats IV)
by Petty Officer 3rd Class Louis Staats, U.S. 5th Fleet
A joint team...
Coast Guard Cutter Maui and USS Firebolt Assist Iranian cargo dhow
ARABIAN GULF (Navy News Service) – Coastal patrol craft USS Firebolt (PC 10) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Maui (WPB 1304), assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 55, conducted a search and rescue mission for survivors of a capsized Iranian cargo dhow in the north Arabian Gulf, March 3-4.
At approximately 11 a.m. local time, on March 3, Firebolt spotted a life raft, and launched their small boat...
