U.S. Coast Guardsmen sort bales of cocaine dumped overboard by suspected drug smugglers in the waterborne mission zone of the littoral combat ship USS Freedom. The cocaine was dumped overboard by suspected drug smugglers in a 'go-fast' vessel. Freedom seized the vessel and four suspects and recovered one ton of cocaine during counter-illicit trafficking operations in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility.
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<dd>DVIDS Tags: drugs; vbss; cocaine; interdiction; littoral combat ship; maritime operations; navy; uss freedom (LCS 1); U.S. Navy; drug smuggling; counter illicit traficking operations</dd></dl>
Lt. Edward Early
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