After months at sea, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche returned to San Diego on Thursday, with over 37,000 pounds of confiscated cocaine and one less crew member, lost at sea, officials said. The offloading of their massive narcotics haul — which weighs about as much as a full grown humpback whale and is estimated to be worth $275 million — comes days after search efforts were ended for 23-year-old Seaman Bryan Lee,
A Coast Guard crew on Tuesday found 20 illegal migrants in the waters off the Southern California shores. The crew of the Cutter Haddock intercepted a 30-foot panga-style vessel 21 miles off Point Loma,
During a stopover in San Diego Thursday, the crew of a Northern California-based U.S. Coast Guard ship offloaded more than 18 tons of cocaine seized from seafaring traffickers in the Eastern Pacific over the last several months.
A fighter jet crashed into the San Diego Harbor on Wednesday, with the two pilots on board ejecting before being rescued by the Coast Guard, according to San Diego Fire-Rescue. A Navy official didn’t
The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a panga-style boat carrying 20 people off the coast of San Diego, officials announced. A patrol aircraft with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Air and Marine Operations spotted the 30-foot boat at about 4 p.
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche crew offloaded over 37,000 pounds of cocaine in San Diego on Thursday, with an estimated street value exceeding $275 million, military officials noted in a press release.
Military officials say a U.S. Navy jet has crashed off the coast of San Diego and the crew has been rescued. A Coast Guard official says the two occupants of
During a stopover in San Diego today, the crew of a Northern California-based U.S. Coast Guard ship offloaded more than 18 tons of cocaine seized from seafaring traffickers in the Eastern Pacific over the last several months.
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) offloaded approximately 37,256 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of more than $275 million, on Thursday in San Diego. The offload is a result of 11 separate suspected drug smuggling vessel interdictions or events off the coasts of Mexico and Central and South America by the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche in December through February.
The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche offloaded about 37,256 pounds of cocaine, according to Coast Guard officials.
The crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche seized cocaine during 11 different encounters at sea over the last couple months.