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Cypress successfully searched for sunken drug-sub
The "Cypress" assisted the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk from Key West with the interdiction and search for a sunken self-propelled semi-submersible vessel, commonly referred to as a drug sub, in the Western Caribbean Sea, Sept. 30, 2011. The "Cypress" commenced searching for the sunken SPSS, Oct. 17, 2011. Coast Guard crews and the FBI Laboratory's Technical Dive Team, located at Quantico, Va., conducted multiple search patterns. The SPSS was located by the dive crew, Oct. 19. The total interdiction was approximately seven tons and valued at nearly $180 million wholesale. The drugs were offloaded in St. Peterburg on Oct 29. The crew of the "Mohawk" had stopped two SPSS vessels in 13 days. Used regularly to transport illegal narcotics in the Eastern Pacific, this interdiction is only the third Coast Guard interdiction of an SPSS in the Caribbean. The crew of a maritime patrol aircraft deployed in support of Joint Interagency Task Force South operations in the Caribbean spotted a suspicious vessel and notified the "Mohawk" crew of the location. The "Mohawk"-based Coast Guard helicopter crew and pursuit boatcrew interdicted the SPSS and detained its crew. The SPSS sank during the interdiction along with the contraband. Reports with photos: http://www.d8.uscgnews.com/go/doc/425/1228123/ http://www.d7publicaffairs.com/go/doc/586/1228715/
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