Overview

• The crew interdicted four suspected smuggling vessels and apprehended 19 people during operations off Mexico and Central America.
• Authorities valued the seized cocaine at more than $156.4 million.
• The contraband was offloaded in San Diego on September 25 by the cutter’s crew and multiagency partners.
• Operations integrated TACLET SOUTH personnel, HITRON aircrews, V-BAT unmanned systems contractors, and Defense Department assets.
• The deployment featured HITRON’s 1,000th interdiction of a suspected drug-trafficking vessel.