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Coast Guard Cutter Stratton returns home following 94-day counter-drug patrol; 6,000 pounds of cocaine worth $113M seized

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

May 30, 2020 | 1:13

The Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752), an attached Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) MH-65 helicopter and aircrew, and an embarked Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) from the Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team (PAC TACLET), detects and interdicts suspected drug smuggling vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean during the cutter’s 94-day counterdrug patrol from March till late June. The crews intercepted five suspected drug smuggling vessels, detained 14 suspected drug smugglers and seized over 6,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $113 million. U.S. Coast Guard video.

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