Coast Guard: Enforcing the Law at Sea
December 14, 2024
December 14, 2024
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news:
By Capt. Daniel A. Laliberte, U. S. Coast Guard retired
Part I: The First 30 years
With a seizure of opium near the entrance to San Francisco Bay in November 1886, cutters of the Revenue Marine Service began a fight against maritime drug smuggling that continues to this day.
The smuggling of opium into the west coast prompted the entry of th . . .
By Capt. Daniel A. Laliberte, U. S. Coast Guard retired
Part I: The First 30 years
With a seizure of opium near the entrance to San Francisco Bay in November 1886, cutters of the Revenue Marine Service began a fight against maritime drug smuggling that continues to this day.
The smuggling of opium into the west coast prompted the entry of th . . .