
In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, members of Coast Guard law enforcement detachment
404 survey the deck of the self-propelled, semi-submersible craft they seized on Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008.
The LEDET, embarked aboard the USS McInerney (seen to the left of the SPSS), seized seven tons of cocaine
from the vessel. The estimated street value of the cocaine is more than $187 million. The seized vessel has
the capability to travel from Ecuador to San Diego, Calif., without having to stop for replenishment.
(U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Nico Figueroa)

In this photo released by the U.S. Coast Guard, some of the 37 bales of cocaine are seen in one of the
compartments of a self-propelled, semi-submersible craft that was seized by the Coast Guard Saturday,
Sept. 13, 2008, during an at sea interdiction about 350 miles west of Guatemala. (U.S. Navy Photo/Petty
Officer 1st Class Nico Figueroa)