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Archive for January 30, 2010
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Coast Guard suspends search for missing fisherman off N.C. coast
The Coast Guard suspended its search 6:30 p.m. Friday for a fisherman who reportedly fell overboard approximately 66 miles southeast of Beaufort Inlet.
Missing is Allen Nelson III, 52, a crewmember aboard the fishing vessel Scarlett Lady.
Crewmembers of the fishing vessel Shelly called watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina at 6:45 p.m. Thursday relaying that crew on the Scarlet Lady had witnessed the man, wearing yellow rain gear and no life jacket, falling overboard. The crew also reported they threw a life ring to him, but did not know whether he was able to get the ring.
Search and rescue air crews aboard an HC-130 Hercules airplane and MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters from Air Station Elizabeth City searched Thursday night through Friday night for the man.
The crew of the Shelly, the Scarlett Lady, and the Coast Guard Cutter Seahorse and Staten Island, both 87-foot patrol boats, also participated in search efforts.
The rescue crews searched a total of 1,395 square nautical miles combined for Nelson.
The search is suspended pending further developments.
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Portsmouth based cutter helps Bahamians in drug bust
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| A crewmember from the cutter Forward transfers drugs to a Royal Bahamas Police Force official during the boarding of the Lada Tamara Jan. 27, 2010. Crews located more than 360 pounds of cocaine and 46 pounds of marijuana. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sabrina Elgammal. |
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Two law-enforcement boarding teams from the Coast Guard Cutter Forward assisted Royal Bahamian Police Force officials and U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agents Wednesday in locatin cocaine and marijuana hidden within a Haitian-flagged vessel.
The crew of the Forward detected the 65-foot motor vessel Lady Tamara running without its navigational lights energized at night from Haiti to the Bahamas, and notified Royal Bahamian Police Force officials of the vessel entering Bahamian territorial seas.
Royal Bahamian Police Force officials contacted the Coast Guard for technical assistance with the dockside boarding of the Lady Tamara in Matthew Town, Bahamas. During the course of the boarding, crews located more than 360 pounds of cocaine and 46 pounds of marijuana hidden within the vessel’s fuel tank. All five Haitian crewmembers and the contraband were transferred to Bahamian officials for further investigation.
“This is another excellent example of international cooperation among law-enforcement agencies working together to keep illegal drugs off the streets,” said Coast Guard Cmdr. Diane Durham, commanding officer of the cutter Forward.
The cutter Forward is a 270-foot medium-endurance cutter homeported in Portsmouth, Va.
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