Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant returns home after 52-day Caribbean counter-drug patrol [Image 3 of 3]

PORT CANAVERAL, FL, UNITED STATES

03.08.2021

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Micallef 

U.S. Coast Guard District 7     

The Vigilant’s crew interdicted a 70-foot fishing vessel suspected of drug smuggling and discovered 1,900 pounds of cocaine hidden in the vessel’s fuel tanks with an estimated wholesale value of $26 million during a 52-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The Vigilant is a 210-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Cape Canaveral. The cutter primary mission include search and rescue, illegal drug interdictions, alien migrant interdictions ensuring safety of life at sea and enforcing international and domestic maritime laws. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo

• Date Taken: 03.08.2021
• Date Posted: 03.09.2021 11:52
• Photo ID: 6548882
• VIRIN: 210308-G-G0217-1005
• Resolution: 663x497
• Size: 113 KB
• Location: PORT CANAVERAL, FL, US