Coast Guard cutter crew interdicts suspected drug smuggling vessel

The U.S. Coast Guard has released an eye-opening video of crewmembers from the cutter Munro (WMSL 755) boarding a self-propelled semisubmersible suspected drug smuggling vessel (SPSS) on June 18, 2019., while operating in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Purpose-built smuggling vessels like SPSSs are designed to hold large quantities of contraband while evading detection by law enforcement authorities.

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