America's North Shore Journal

Coast Guard law-enforcement crews interdicted a go-fast vessel carrying 2,300 pounds of cocaine about 20 miles off the coast of Panama Tuesday morning [September 1 2009]. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bear spotted a loaded go-fast vessel Tuesday around 5 a.m. while on a routine law-enforcement patrol in the Caribbean Sea. An HH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from the Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron in Jacksonville, Fla., embarked with the cutter Bear, was launched and used warning … Read entire article »