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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball drug interdiction in the Eastern Pacific

Crewmembers aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) perform a multi-phase drug operation including surveillance flights, vessel interdiction, and drug seizure while patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 3, 2025. The U.S. Coast Guard provides enduring value in service to the American people. As the world’s premier maritime law enforcement agency, the Coast Guard is the United States’ lead federal agency for drug interdiction on the high seas. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley)

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U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball drug interdiction in the Eastern Pacific

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) crew members perform a multi-phase drug operation including surveillance flights, vessel interdiction, and drug seizure while patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 4, 2025. The U.S. Coast Guard provides enduring value in service to the American people. As the world’s premier maritime law enforcement agency, the Coast Guard is the United States’ lead federal agency for drug interdiction on the high seas. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley)

Who:  Rear Adm. Joanna Hiigel, acting deputy commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, U.S. Coast Guard, Capt. Robert Kinsey, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball commanding officer and crew, Mr. Brian Clark, special agent in charge, DEA, San Diego Field Office; Mr. Kevin Murohy, deputy special agent in charge, Homeland Security Investigations, San Diego Field Office. 

What: U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) crew to offload approximately 18,898 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of more than $214.3 million.  

When: 9:00 a.m., Thursday 

Where: 10th Ave Marine Terminal - 1800 Crosby Rd, San Diego, CA 92101 

*Media wishing to attend should arrive no later than 8:30 a.m., with media credentials, a valid driver’s license, and proof of insurance. Please call +1 (619) 252-1304 and email Coast Guard District 11 public affairs at padetsd@uscg.mil to RSVP.  

SAN DIEGO — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) will offload approximately 18, 898 pounds of cocaine with an estimated value of $214.3 million, on Thursday in San Diego.  

The offload is a result of six separate suspected drug smuggling vessel interdictions or events off the coasts of Mexico and Central and South America by the Coast Guard Cutter Kimball and Coast Guard Cutter Forward during the months of February through April.   

The Coast Guard Cutter Kimball is one of two multi-mission national security cutters, homeported in Honolulu, Hawaii. 

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