USCG Cutter Bear returns home after interdicting more than $140 million of illicit drugs
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 901) returned home to Portsmouth Sunday following an 86-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 901) returned home to Portsmouth Sunday following an 86-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
The Bear’s crew interdicted three vessels, seized approximately 8,158 pounds of cocaine, two pounds of methamphetamines, as well as marijuana, worth a combined total of over $140 million, and detained 12 suspected drug smugglers.
The Bear’s crew also coordinated operations with the U.S. Coast Guard’s Tactical Law Enforcement Team South Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET-108), who were deployed aboard the HMCS Saskatoon, a Kingston-class coastal defense vessel from the Canadian Navy. The collaboration supported LEDET-108’s seizure of an additional 2,866 pounds of cocaine and the de
Man injured in Portsmouth sailboat fire
Portsmouth Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services
By: Web Staff
and last updated 2020-12-20 10:39:16-05
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - A man was injured in a sailboat fire on the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth Sunday morning.
According to Portsmouth Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services, the call for the fire came in around 5:58 a.m. When crews arrived to the scene in the Swimming Point area of the city, they found a sailboat in the water fully involved with flames.
A Good Samaritan assisted the boat s owner, the only person aboard, off the sailboat. The owner sustained minor injuries and refused transport to the hospital.