Coast Guard Cutter Alert Returns After Seizing $18 Million In Narcotics

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alert returned to Cape Canaveral recently, following a 45-day counter-drug patrol across the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. During the deployment, crews intercepted a vessel in the Windward Passage, seizing 2,250 pounds of cocaine worth $18.4 million, seven pounds of marijuana, and an illegal firearm.