Coast Guard boarding team members from the Cutter Valiant climb aboard a suspected smuggling vessel. Crew intercepted a drug-laden 40-foot self-propelled semi-submersible in the Eastern Pacific Ocean carrying approximately 12,000 pounds of cocaine with a street value of more than $165 million. Four suspected smugglers were apprehended. The Coast Guard is the first line of defense against drug smugglers bringing illegal substances into the U.S. US Coast Guard Art Program 2020 Collection, Ob ID# 202014, "Valiant effort," Tom Hedderich, watercolor, 10 x 16
