According to The New York Post, the U.S. Coast Guard this week published a widely shared film that depicts a spectacular marine narcotics interdiction operation that occurred in the eastern Pacific Ocean on April 17.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley took the action-packed video, which shows the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) quickly taking down a suspected smuggling vessel.
A suspicious vessel moving through international seas was discovered by overhead surveillance, which sparked the operation. A small-boat crew from the Kimball swiftly surrounded the suspects.
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Are heard as Coast Guard officers approach the ship in the footage. After being told to lay face-down with their arms outstretched, the suspects promptly obeyed.
After then, the boarding crew seized the ship and arrested the passengers. This was the sixth interdiction carried out during the Kimball’s current deployment, according to the Coast Guard.
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In a statement, the Coast Guard noted, “The fifth interdiction during Kimball’s patrol is a great example of how complex it is to stop illegal activities on the open ocean.”
“Kimball sank the vessel to prevent it from posing a threat to other vessels after first conducting aerial surveillance and then enlisting tactical law enforcement.”
It’s possible that this is the most significant video gun owners see during the year. During this deployment, the Kimball’s crew detected and recovered illicit drugs worth.
An estimated $214 million on the black market as part of its larger mission. In San Diego, the confiscated narcotics were later offloaded.
The Coast Guard said these actions are a part of a continuous effort to stop illicit narcotics from entering the United States. “The men and women of the Coast Guard do everything.
In their power to interdict drugs before they reach our shores because illegal drugs pose a dangerous threat to the American people,” the agency said.
For further details on the suspects and the provenance of the drugs that were recovered, the Department of Homeland Security has been contacted.
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Because of its clarity and intensity, the film has received a lot of attention online and offers a unique glimpse into the Coast Guard’s high-risk missions.
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