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    Seized drugs on USS Samuel B. Roberts [Image 1 of 3]

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    Seized drugs on USS Samuel B. Roberts

    MAYPORT, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES

    12.12.2008

    Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Leah Stiles 

    U.S. Navy           

    Drugs seized by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard are in the hangar bay of the guided-missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts before being offloaded by law enforcement officials. More than 13 metric tons of drugs worth more than $220 million were interdicted by several different units and collected onboard the ship for transport back to the United States. Samuel B. Roberts and embarked Helicopter Anti-submarine Squadron Light 60 Detachment 2 are deployed under operational control of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and U.S. 4th Fleet based in Mayport, Fla. conducting counter illicit trafficking operations in support of Joint Interagency Task Force-South in the U.S. Southern Command area of focus.

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    Date Taken: 12.12.2008
    Date Posted: 01.23.2012 18:20
    Photo ID: 135727
    VIRIN: 081212-N-1522S-006
    Resolution: 2100x1500
    Size: 2.35 MB
    Location: MAYPORT, FLORIDA, US

    Web Views: 185
    Downloads: 21

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