Cruiser USS Leyte Gulf Makes a Large Cocaine Bust in the Atlantic

The cruiser USS Leyte Gulf has seized several tonnes of cocaine during a patrol in the Atlantic, according to Navy officials. In March, as the cruiser was under way in the Atlantic Ocean – not the Pacific or the Caribbean, the usual hotspots for U.S. maritime drug busts – the crew spotted a semisubmersible smuggling boat. The Leyte Gulf’s helicopter […]