US Coast Guard isn’t playing games when it comes to stopping drug boats


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A U.S. Coast Guard crew stopped not one, but three suspected drug-smuggling boats in a single operation off the coast of Colombia last week — a move officials say kept tens of millions of dollars’ worth of cocaine from ever reaching the United States.

The crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma intercepted the vessels on May 8, roughly 90 miles from Cartagena. Altogether, authorities say the smugglers were transporting about 6,085 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated street value of nearly $45.8 million.

Coast Guard officials put the impact in stark terms: that amount of cocaine represents roughly 2.3 million potentially deadly doses that will now never make it to American communities.

The takedown unfolded quickly, with the Tahoma deploying two small boats along with a helicopter crew trained specifically for drug interdictions. Working in coordination, the teams said they were able to close in on all three vessels at once — something Coast Guard leaders say is no small feat.
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9 +1 pastrulo 1 month ago

Star Wars Storm Troopers have better aim..

2 +1 FacelessMen 1 month ago

@pastrulo ???? What do you think they’re really doing when they fire their weapons?

1 +1 MarGarTar 1 month ago

If anything, drug prices have fallen in the last 18 months.

0 +1 ubi 1 month ago

The current wholesale price of 1kg of cocaine in Sydney is approximately US$85,000 to US$120,000.

While prices have historically peaked as high as US$260,000 to US$300,000 (roughly AU$400,000–$450,000)
during supply droughts, recent reports indicate a significant market shift.

0 +1 insidatron 1 month ago

what is he throwing in the red bags?

7 +1 FacelessMen 1 month ago

@insidatron It contains a small lightweight messenger line, guide rope. It is to pull across a stronger and heavier hoist line. It is packed in a small red throw bag, so it doesn’t turn into a tangled mess when it’s deployed from a moving helicopter.

5 +1 Comfortably_numb 1 month ago

@insidatron if you look closely you will see them open into yellow life rings on contact with the water.

1 +1 FacelessMen 1 month ago

@Comfortably_numb You're right. I didn't see the lifebuoy from small display on my phone.

14 +1 Kate666 1 month ago

Good! Wipe em all out! Hahaha

9 +1 Quint_Beastwood 1 month ago

:heart:

15 +1 YOLO_ 1 month ago

Pretty good aim from a chopper.

1 +1 Comfortably_numb 1 month ago

@YOLO_ yea, this technique is more upclose and personal than a reaper strike.

1 +1 tommix1 1 month ago

@YOLO_ There's a laser on the side of the rifle, he can see the pipper in his scope.

3 +1 tommix1 1 month ago

Turning the engines off. Suppressor built into barrel, maybe a .308?

1 +1 Comfortably_numb 1 month ago

@tommix1 .50 cal?

4 +1 JobyFluorine 1 month ago

@Comfortably_numb What?! No way! The machine gun is an obvious M60, 7.62x51, and the rifle looks like an AR-10. Both of which are .308. A Ma Deuce is huge in comparison to either of these, and a Barrett Fifty is also massive in comparison.

2 +1 FacelessMen 1 month ago

@JobyFluorine It's NOT M60. It is M240. You can tell by the flat boxy receiver top. M60 has rounded receiver top. And M60 has been replaced with M240 a long time ago.

0 +1 JobyFluorine 1 month ago

@FacelessMen Yeah, my mistake. I guess I should have watched more of the video before running to the comments section!

3 +1 YOLO_ 1 month ago

@Comfortably_numb def not 50 cal. recoil would be a lot worse.

2 +1 L.X 1 month ago

@tommix1 Those are clearly airsoft guns.