“Coast Guard offloads over $49.3 million in illicit drugs interdicted in Eastern Pacific Ocean” –District SE

Below is a news release from District SouthEast.

I would have thought the press release would have at least mentioned Forward’s interception of a large semi-submersible (pictured above) with an estimated 17,600 lbs of cocaine which sank before the cargo could be off-loaded, rather than leaving it as if Forward had only intercepted only 130 pounds.

Both cutters involved in the interdictions reported here are 270 foot medium endurance cutters home-ported in Portsmouth. VA…

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