The Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma returned to homeport at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Sept. 21, 2015 after a 66-day patrol in the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. During the patrol boarding team members recovered 27 bales of cocaine from the water, totaling 540 kilograms (worth an estimated $10.8 million) and detained the three suspected drug smugglers. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
<dl><dd>Unit: U.S. Coast Guard District 1</dd>
<dd>DVIDS Tags: drugs; cocaine; Coast Guard; patrol; deployment</dd></dl>
Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell
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