The Honololu-based Coast Guard Cutter Midgett and its crew returned home last week after a 79-day deployment to the Eastern Pacific in support of the counter-drug mission Operation Pacific Viper.

According to a news release this week, Midgett and coasties assigned to the vessel for the operation crew interdicted four suspected drug smuggling vessels and apprehended 19 suspected smugglers during the operation and offloaded 21,126 pounds of seized cocaine with an estimated value of more than $156.4 million in San Diego.

The mission took the crew from Honolulu to international waters off the Pacific coasts of Mexico and Central America.

“During the deployment, Midgett’s crew conducted counter-drug missions in the Coast Guard’s Southwest District area of responsibility countering transnatio

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