U.S. Tri-maritime Services and Cabo Verde authorities interdict large trans-oceanic cocaine shipment

A Judicial Police officer from Cabo Verde, monitors Sailors, and U.S. Coast Guardsmen aboard the Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4), prepare seized contraband for offload to the Cabo Verdean authorities, April 6, 2022. Hershel "Woody" Williams is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national interests and security in Europe and Africa.



By MC1 Fred Gray IV U.S. Navy Atlantic Ocean Apr 06, 2022
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