Coast Guard cutter seizes 489 pounds of cocaine from go-fast boat off Puerto Rico

Text poster only. The source photos show a small white open boat with an outboard motor lit at night with wrapped packages on board, a black-and-white infrared aerial view of two boats side by side, and rows of blurred rectangular bricks laid out on a cutter's deck beside crew members. — U.S. Coast Guard photo, watch at source · Link-only (source-hosted; not rehosted)

Photos released Oct. 20, 2026 by the U.S. Coast Guard. It says a Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew spotted a suspected go-fast vessel north of Isabela, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 10, and the cutter Winslow Griesser stopped it, seized the cocaine and took three men aboard; the cutter offloaded 489 pounds of cocaine, which the Coast Guard estimates at $5.5 million wholesale, at Base San Juan on Oct. 19 and handed the three men, two Dominican nationals and one Chinese national, to Homeland Security Task Force San Juan. The photos show the small boat at night with packages aboard, an infrared aerial view of two boats side by side, and rows of blurred bricks on a cutter's deck.

What: Coast Guard cutter seizes 489 pounds of cocaine from go-fast boat off Puerto Rico
Where: North of Isabela, Puerto Rico
When: 2026-10-20
Source: U.S. Coast Guard
Credit: U.S. Coast Guard photo, watch at source
License: Link-only (source-hosted; not rehosted)
Details: Official release · U.S. Coast Guard, Southeast District (Sector San Juan) · North of Isabela, Puerto Rico

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Coast Guard cutter seizes 489 pounds of cocaine from go-fast boat off Puerto Rico

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