A Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew and a small boat crew from the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma arrive to a 226-foot tanker in the Caribbean in August, 2017. Coast Guard law enforcement officers seized 60 bales of contraband from the tanker, which later tested positive for cocaine. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/ Released)A Coast Guard Cutter Diligence crewmember stacks bales of cocaine in front of the Diligence in St. Petersburg, Florida, Sept. 17, 2017. Diligence crewmembers offloaded more than 1,800 kilograms of cocaine after the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma interdicted the contraband in the Caribbean in August. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ashley J. Johnson/ Released)Lifejackets and cuffs are shown on the ground after suspected drug smugglers were transferred from the Coast Guard Cutter Diligence to law enforcement officials in St. Petersburg, Florida, Sept. 17, 2017. Diligence crewmembers offloaded more than 1,800 kilograms of cocaine after the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma interdicted the contraband in the Caribbean in August. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ashley J. Johnson/ Released)
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