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Sailors from USS Anzio and U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team 91104 dispose of a bag of illegal narcotics over the side of a skiff intercepted in Gulf of Aden
20 Oct 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Members of a visit, board, search and seizure team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) and U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team 91104 dispose of a bag of illegal narcotics over the side of a skiff that was intercepted in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Somalia, October 15, 2009. The skiff was found to contain several thousand pounds of illegal narcotics. Anzio is the flagship of Combined Joint Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. Picture taken October 15, 2009. REUTERS/Scott Taylor/U.S. Navy/Handout (SOMALIA CRIME LAW MILITARY POLITICS SOCIETY CONFLICT) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
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Members of a visit, board, search and seizure team from the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) and U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team 91104 dispose of a bag ...


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