Moment US Coast Guard swoop and intercept suspected drug smugglers
The moment that the US Coast Guard swooped in and intercepted a vessel suspected of smuggling drugs in international waters was captured on video.
The moment that the US Coast Guard swooped in and intercepted a vessel suspected of smuggling drugs in international waters was captured on video.
US Coast Guard Cutter Munro crews - the sixth Legend-class national security cutter - interdicted a massive semi-submersible vessel that was believed to be transporting drugs in the waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday.
Video footage shared by the military branch showed the heart-pounding interception as it played out in real time.
The footage showed the bright-orange US Coast Guard boats jumping over waves as they headed towards a distant watercraft in motion.
Just seconds later, crews dressed in military uniforms were captured quickly heading to the front of their boat as they closed in on the enormous silver vessel - one boat coming in on each side.
As soon as crews completely surrounded the vessel and halted themselves on the suspected drug smuggling craft, several people were captured evacuating from inside.
Footage showed two men in black standing on the US Coast Guard boats - which remained on either side of the vessel - keeping watch with a firearm in hand as crews continued to overtake the narco-submarine.
The crew offloaded more than 29,000 pounds of cocaine in San Diego on Tuesday - an estimated value of $335.8 million - as a result of eleven separate suspected drug smuggling vessel interceptions off the coasts of Mexico and Central and South America in September and October.
Dramatic video footage captured the moment that the US Coast Guard swooped in and intercepted a vessel suspected of smuggling drugs in the international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean on Tuesday
As soon as crews completely surrounded the vessel and halted themselves on the suspected drug smuggling craft, several people were captured evacuating from inside