In the Navys version of the popular TV show, Deadliest Catch, the coastal patrol vesselZephyrand its embarked Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment have made a large haul of illicit drugs. <\/p>\n
TheZephyr, along with the Karel Doorman-class multi-purpose frigate HNLMS Van Amstel of the Royal Netherlands Navy, pursued and boarded a small panga fishing boat in the Caribbean Sea on April 19. The crews found and confiscated750 kilograms of cocaine atotal street value of $22.5 million. <\/p>\n
Zephyr is homeported in Mayport, Florida, and is currently deployed in the Caribbean in support of Operation Martillo, an ongoing joint service and multi-nation operation headed by the U.S. Southern Command and the Navys Mayport-based U.S. 4th Fleet. <\/p>\n
Martillo, Spanish for \"hammer,\" targets illicit trafficking routes in coastal waters along the Central American coastline. <\/p>\n
Fourteen countries are participating in the operation: Belize, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Honduras, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States. Chile has also contributed to the operation. <\/p>\n
In the five years since its 2012 launch, Martillo has supported the seizure of 693 metric tons of cocaine, $25 million in bulk cash, 581 vessels and aircraft and the arrest of 1,863 detainees, according to the U.S. Southern Command. <\/p>\n
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