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Last Updated: Dec 29, 2011 - 2:18:31 AM |
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PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Two law-enforcement boarding teams from the Coast
Guard Cutter Forward assisted Royal Bahamian Police Force officials and
U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agents Jan. 27 in locating cocaine and
marijuana hidden within a Haitian-flagged vessel.
The crew of the Forward detected the 65-foot motor vessel Lady Tamara
running without its navigational lights energized at night from Haiti
to the Bahamas, and notified Royal Bahamian Police Force officials of
the vessel entering Bahamian territorial seas.
Royal Bahamian Police Force officials contacted the Coast Guard for
technical assistance with the dockside boarding of the Lady Tamara in
Matthew Town, Bahamas. During the course of the boarding, crews located
more than 360 pounds of cocaine and 46 pounds of marijuana hidden
within the vessel's fuel tank. All five Haitian crewmembers and the
contraband were transferred to Bahamian officials for further
investigation.
"This is another excellent example of international cooperation among
law-enforcement agencies working together to keep illegal drugs off the
streets," said Coast Guard Cmdr. Diane Durham, commanding officer of
the cutter Forward.
The cutter Forward is a 270-foot medium-endurance cutter homeported in Portsmouth, Va.
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