Moment US Coast Guard swoop and intercept suspected drug smugglers

The infinitesimal that the US Coast Guard swooped successful and intercepted a vessel suspected of smuggling drugs successful planetary waters was captured connected video.

US Coast Guard Cutter Munro crews - the sixth Legend-class nationalist information cutter - interdicted a monolithic semi-submersible vas that was believed to beryllium transporting drugs successful the waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean connected Tuesday.

Video footage shared by the subject subdivision showed the heart-pounding interception arsenic it played retired successful existent time.

The footage showed the bright-orange US Coast Guard boats jumping implicit waves arsenic they headed towards a distant watercraft successful motion.

Just seconds later, crews dressed successful subject uniforms were captured rapidly heading to the beforehand of their vessel arsenic they closed successful connected the tremendous metallic vas - 1 vessel coming successful connected each side.

As soon arsenic crews wholly surrounded the vas and halted themselves connected the suspected cause smuggling craft, respective radical were captured evacuating from inside.

Footage showed 2 men successful achromatic lasting connected the US Coast Guard boats - which remained connected either broadside of the vas - keeping ticker with a firearm successful manus arsenic crews continued to overtake the narco-submarine.

The unit offloaded much than 29,000 pounds of cocaine successful San Diego connected Tuesday - an estimated worth of $335.8 cardinal - arsenic a effect of eleven abstracted suspected cause smuggling vas interceptions disconnected the coasts of Mexico and Central and South America successful September and October.