USCGC Bertholf and HITRON seized $14M in cocaine

Publicada en 6 de diciembre de 20226 de diciembre de 2022 por Admin

ALAMEDA, Calif. — The USCGC Bertholf (WMSL 750) and HITRON crews returned to Alameda with $14M seized in cocaine after traveling over 18,000 nautical miles during a 77-day counter-narcotics patrol throughout the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Saturday. Bertholf’s crew conducted multiple boardings of suspected drug-smuggling vessels while patrolling international waters off the coasts of Central and Leer másUSCGC Bertholf and HITRON seized $14M in cocaine[…]

Coast Guard concludes Operation Arctic Shield 2021

Publicada en 29 de octubre de 202129 de octubre de 2021 por Admin

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard will conclude its annual operations in the Arctic Shield 2021 on Sunday with the seasonal closure of its Forward Operating Location in Kotzebue, Alaska. Air Station Kodiak aircrews and two MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters were forward deployed to Kotzebue to provide coverage and reduced response times to remote regions of Alaska during increased Leer másCoast Guard concludes Operation Arctic Shield 2021[…]

Coast Guard rescue 4 from the fishing vessel Endurance, Dutch Harbor

Publicada en 27 de agosto de 202128 de agosto de 2021 por Admin

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Coast Guard rescue four people Thursday after the fishing vessel Endurance ran aground near Dutch Harbor. A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew deployed aboard Cutter Bertholf hoisted all four survivors from a rock near the grounded fishing vessel Endurance, approximately one mile west of Egg Island, near the Leer másCoast Guard rescue 4 from the fishing vessel Endurance, Dutch Harbor[…]

Alameda Coast Guard cutter crews seized $156M in drugs (cocaine) in Eastern Pacific

Publicada en 17 de febrero de 202117 de febrero de 2021 por Admin

ALAMEDA, Calif. – Crews aboard two Alameda-based Coast Guard cutters interdicted three suspected drug smuggling vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean between Jan. 26 and Feb. 1 and seized more than 9,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $156 million. Conducting the operations were the crews of the Coast Guard Cutters Munro (WMSL 755) and Leer másAlameda Coast Guard cutter crews seized $156M in drugs (cocaine) in Eastern Pacific[…]

Coast Guard crew to offload more than 26,000 pounds of cocaine, marijuana worth $390 million in San Diego

Publicada en 10 de septiembre de 202010 de septiembre de 2020 por Admin

SAN DIEGO — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL-750) is scheduled to offload more than 26,000 pounds of seized cocaine and marijuana in San Diego, Friday. The cocaine, worth an estimated $390 million, was seized in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The contraband represents 13 suspected drug smuggling vessel interdictions Leer másCoast Guard crew to offload more than 26,000 pounds of cocaine, marijuana worth $390 million in San Diego[…]