Coast Guard, Navy, Costa Rican Coast Guard team interdict $4 million marijuana shipment
ARLINGTON, Va. – A U. S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment, deployed aboard the USS Elrod (FFG-55), supported a Costa Rican Coast Guard interdiction of a suspected drug smuggling vessel in the west Caribbean Sea on 3 July 2012. While the Costa Rican Coast Guard boarded the suspect vessel and detained four suspected drug smugglers, the LEDET supported by the USS Elrod, recovered more than 4,900...
Coast Guard offloads $48 million of cocaine
MIAMI – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant offloaded more than 3,800 pounds of cocaine, with a wholesale value of more than $48 million, at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach Friday.
The seized cocaine comes from three interdictions throughout the Caribbean beginning on May 31.
The Valiant’s crew seized more than 2,600 pounds of cocaine from suspected smugglers aboard a 35-foot go-fast vessel,...
USS Elrod and Coast Guard team rescue four people at sea
USS ELROD, At Sea – Norfolk, Va., based frigate USS Elrod (FFG-55) and its embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment rescued four people from a sinking small boat while on patrol in the Caribbean Sea in support of Operation Martillo, Tuesday.
The Elrod received a call from a maritime patrol aircraft after spotting a partially submerged vessel. The ship made best speed to investigate...
Coast Guard LEDET & Navy’s USS Elrod seize 1,000 pounds of cocaine
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA – A U. S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET), deployed aboard a U.S. Navy frigate, interdicted a suspected smuggling vessel, recovered more than 1,000 pounds of cocaine, worth about $13 million, and detained four suspected smugglers in international waters, June 10.
“Teamwork is critical to a LEDET’s operational successes,” said Cmdr. Robert Landolfi, Tactical...
Coast Guard offloads $135 million of cocaine in St. Petersburg, Fla.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute offloaded 168 bales of cocaine at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg Thursday.
The cocaine, worth more than $135 million, was seized during four separate drug interdictions in the Caribbean Sea.
The interdictions occurred during a two-month period and were a direct result of Operation Martillo. Operation Martillo (Spanish for...
Coast Guard medevacs USS Elrod sailor
MIAMI — Coast Guard rescue personnel medically evacuated a USS Elrod sailor Saturday night 140 miles off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla.
Navy personnel contacted Coast Guard watchstanders in Miami Saturday afternoon to request a medevac for a 36-year-old male who suffered a head injury Friday aboard the Elrod, a 453-foot guided missile frigate from Norfolk, Va.
A Coast Guard flight surgeon concurred...