Thursday, July 11, 2019

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro crew interdicts suspected drug smuggling vessel

The most awesome real-life interdiction I've ever seen.

From the YouTube description:
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro crew members board a self-propelled semi-submersible suspected drug smuggling vessel June 18, 2019, while operating in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Purpose-build smuggling vessels like this are designed to hold large quantities of contraband while evading detection by law enforcement authorities. U.S. Coast Guard video.

10 comments:

Leland said...

I wonder if they had a chain they could just toss over the deck and let slide to the prop.

Chip Ahoy said...

It sounds to me like he's saying "hasta su puerto" in a deporable accent. To your port.

Then it's all, fuck it, we're going starboard.

And they're wearing normal army clothing, army boots, and no floatation devices that I can see. Maybe they're the kind that self-inflate. The whole thing looks like a rodeo.

chickelit said...

Sound like he's yelling Alto tu barco -- Halt your boat.

chickelit said...

Those "smug drugglers" think they are so smart. They're actually dumber than your average Sicillian mobster -- cold blooded killers -- all of them.

Chip Ahoy said...

Yeah, you're right. That's a lot better.

How does he think that they're hearing him?

The Dude said...

I thought he was yelling "Here comes Chewbacca!", but alas, no Michelle.

Nice boat, but it was dangerously low in the water, eh?

I would have yelled "Sinko day Mayo!", that would have stopped them and their little sombreros too!

Dad Bones said...

A submarine sandwich with a really really large coke.

chickelit said...

Alexandria Occassio-Cortez will complain that the USCG was ethnic profiling because they were yelling in Spanish. Come to think of it, she would make a great narco moll. That will probably be her next career.

edutcher said...

My mom told me how she read about the CG doing the same with bootleggers during Prohibition.

The Dude said...

I just read the description - semi-submersible - that explains why it is awash and appears to be sinking - that's how it's supposed to sail. My bad. I still think the designers of the USS Monitor should sue for design infringement, but that's just me.