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    Coast Guard Cutter Alert boarding team interdicts low-profile go-fast vessel suspected of smuggling illicit narcotics

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    The image shows a low-profile vessel (LPV), commonly referred to as a 'narco submarine' or semi-submersible, sitting very low in the water in open ocean conditions. The craft appears to be nearly swamped or partially sinking, with waves washing over its hull. A larger vessel, likely a Coast Guard cutter, is visible in the background on the left side of the image.

    PACIFIC OCEAN

    01.04.2019

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    U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

    Coast Guard Cutter Alert boarding teams interdict a low-profile go-fast vessel suspected of smuggling cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean while Alert conducts a counter-drug patrol in international waters off the coast of Central and South America, Jan. 4, 2019. Alert’s boarding teams seized more than 5,700 pounds of cocaine from two suspected drug smuggling vessels interdicted during the cutter’s 60-day patrol. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

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    Date Taken: 01.04.2019
    Date Posted: 02.04.2019 13:46
    Photo ID: 5078331
    VIRIN: 190104-G-G0200-1001
    Resolution: 1152x648
    Size: 97.66 KB
    Location: PACIFIC OCEAN
    Hometown: ASTORIA, OREGON, US

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