U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Robert Ward crew members interdict and seize cocaine from suspected drug smugglers in the Eastern Pacific Ocean [Image 4 of 10]
Coast Guard Cutter Robert Ward crewmembers aboard the cutter’s 26-foot Mark IV interceptor boat approach a suspected drug smuggling boat interdicted by the crew in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, July 16, 2019. Robert Ward’s crew seized more than 3,000 pounds of cocaine from the suspected smugglers during the at-sea interdiction marking the first seizure of cocaine by a Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. U.S. Coast Guard photo