Lt. Cmdr. Amy Lockwood of the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche is greeted by her family at the pier on Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., following a 97-day deployment to Central America, Nov. 20, 2016. The crew of the Waesche conducted counter-narcotics, search and rescue and living marine resource operations. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jordan Akiyama.
Petty Officer 1st Class Jim Di Canio, a machinery technician aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche, greets his family after the crew returned to Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif., following a 97-day deployment off the coast of Central America, Nov. 20, 2016. While conducting counter-narcotic operations, the crew of the Waesche seized more than 27,000 lbs of cocaine, estimated to be worth more than $797 million. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jordan Akiyama.
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche returned to Coast Guard Island in Alameda, Calif. Sunday at 10 a.m., following a 97-day, 15,000 nautical-mile patrol off the coast of Central America which consisted of counter-drug, search and rescue and living marine resource operations.
Waesche’s crew seized or disrupted more than 27,000 lbs of cocaine worth over $797 million and apprehended 24 suspected narcotics traffickers. In early September, Waesche’s crew seized a self-propelled semi-submersible (SPSS) in the Eastern Pacific with an estimated seven tons of cocaine onboard.
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