Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard District 7 | 11.01.2019
Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL-754) law enforcement boatcrews and a Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew interdicting drug smuggling vessels in the Eastern Pacific during the James' 62-day counter-drug patrol. During their patrol, the James’ crew, along with members from Tactical Law Enforcement Team-South, Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron, and multiple partner agencies,......
Video by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Masaschi | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 03.03.2018
Boarding team members from the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf and Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team board a low-profile-go-fast-vessel suspected of smuggling illicit drugs supported by an aircrew from the Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron aboard a MH-65D Dolphin helicopter and an aircrew from the Department of Homeland Security aboard a P-3 aircraft during the cutter’s......
Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 12.30.2017
A Coast Guard boarding team from the Cutter Stratton interdict a low-profile go fast vessel in international waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean near Central America Dec. 30, 2017. The team apprehended four suspected smugglers and seized more than 3,414 pounds of cocaine worth more than $46 million from the suspected smuggling vessel. Coast Guard video....
Courtesy Video | U.S. Coast Guard District 11 PADET San Diego | 10.02.2017
A suspected smuggling boat, a low profile vessel, drifts in the Eastern Pacific Ocean after being intercepted in early October by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Active. Bales of cocaine were discovered aboard the vessel by a Coast Guard boarding team during a routine counter smuggling patrol in the region. Low profile vessels are designed to avoid detection. (U.S. Coast Guard video/Released)...
