U.S. Coast Guard

The Coast Guard offloaded more than 3,500 pounds of cocaine from a cutter.

Coast Guard Captures More Than A Ton Of Cocaine

The U.S. Coast Guard will be offloading nearly two tons of cocaine in Miami after it recently confiscated the drugs from a go-fast vessel in the Caribbean Sea.

CBS4–2012/03/16

US Coast Guard: 149 Haitians, Cubans Repatriated

The U.S. Coast Guard said it returned almost 150 migrants to their Caribbean homelands after intercepting their boats at sea.

CBS4–2011/12/24

A mystery cylinder washed up on Miami Beach near 59th St. and Collins Ave. (Source: CBS4)

Navy Training Mine Washes Up On Miami Beach

A large cylindrical device washed ashore on Miami Beach early Monday has been identified. Police spokesman Juan Sanchez said the U.S. Navy confirmed that it was a training mine which had a ‘live’ blasting cap on it.

CBS4–2011/12/05

CBS4 Investigates: Drug Subs on the High Seas

Gone are the go-fast boats, long associated with drug smugglers and the cocaine cowboys. Now as CBS4′s Chief Investigative Reporter shows you, drug subs are the newest mode of keeping their drug trafficking activities out of sight.

CBS4–2011/11/07

(Source: U.S. Coast Guard) Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Cypress on scene above a sunken self-propelled semi-submersible vessel as members of the FBI Laboratory's Technical Dive Team, located at Quantico, Va., recover approximately seven tons of cocaine Oct. 19, 2011. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk interdicted the SPSS in the Western Caribbean Sea Sept. 30, 2011, before its crew sank the vessel.

Coast Guard Recovers 7 Tons Of Cocaine From Drug Sub

The U.S. Coast Guard off-loaded seven tons of cocaine, worth nearly $180 million, seized from a self-propelled semi-submersible vessel in St. Petersburg on Friday.

CBS4–2011/10/28

(Photo Credit: Marco Oquendo/ImagesbyMarco.com) Columbus Day Regatta 2010.

Boaters Out Despite Wet Weather For Columbus Day Weekend

The race is on and hundreds of sailors are participating in South Florida’s 57th annual Columbus Day Regatta despite the wet weather.

CBS4–2011/10/08

Weather May Threaten Boaters Over Columbus Day Weekend

Hundreds of sailors who are planning to participate in South Florida’s 57th annual Columbus Day Regatta may get some bad news due to the nasty weather expected this weekend.

CBS4–2011/10/07

(CBS4) Boaters partying off Eliott Key in Biscayne Bay during Columbus Day Weekend in Oct. 2010.

Boaters To Fill Biscayne Bay Over Columbus Day Weekend

Columbus Day in South Florida usually means a big boating weekend on the water, if the weather cooperates and that means heavy enforcement on the high seas for boating safety.

CBS4–2011/10/06

Navy Vet Celebrates 103rd Birthday On Biscayne Bay

A South Florida man who served on a destroyer during World War II received a very special gift from the U.S. Coast Guard on Monday for his 103rd birthday.

CBS4–2011/08/29