U.S. Coast Guard Operations

U.S. Coast Guard HC-144 aircrew spotted a go‑fast boat about 100 nautical miles north of Camuy, Puerto Rico; the Cutter Joseph Napier was diverted, the crew fled and dumped their cargo, and cutters recovered 29 bales that tested positive for cocaine totaling 2,083 pounds (about $13.3 million), which were turned over to Homeland Security agents in San Juan. The abandoned smuggling boat was later found beached near Arecibo by U.S. Border Patrol with no arrests, and the seizure comes amid the Trump administration’s expanded anti‑drug trafficking push that has included lethal Pentagon strikes on alleged drug boats.