Boarding team members from the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf and Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team search a fishing vessel and the pangas it’s towing suspected of smuggling illicit drugs in concealed cargo holds during Bertholf’s counter narcotic patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 5, 2018. The Coast Guard is the only agency with broad authorities, capabilities, competencies and partnerships here and abroad to interdict bulk loads of drugs in their purest form offshore before reaching land. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew S. Masaschi.

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