Coast Guard Intercepts Submersible, Suspected Drug Smugglers
The crew is back in St. Petersburg in time for the holidays, after patrolling in the western Caribbean Sea.
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, a 210-foot Reliance Class Cutter homeported in St. Petersburg, returned home before the holidays after a five-week patrol. During the homecoming, the crew of the Resolute offloaded recovered contraband from a self-propelled semi submersible that scuttled itself in the Western Caribbean Sea. While operating in the Caribbean in support of JIATF-S Operation Martillio, the Resolute crew aided in the multi-national disruption of the SPSS northeast of Boca Del Toro, Panama, Dec. 4. Working alongside partners from Canada, Costa Rica and Panama, the Resolute crew responded to a report of the SPSS, which scuttled upon detection, leaving three people in the water in the middle of the night. The first …
