Ninth District External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard
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MULTIMEDIA RELEASE: Ohio-native Coast Guardsman among cutter crew that seized nearly 3,000 lbs. of cocaine during Caribbean patrol
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Ens. James Heuser is first lieutenant aboard Coast Guard Cutter Diligence, a 210-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Wilmington, N.C. Screen-capture taken from a Coast Guard video, accessible by clicking here. |
CLEVELAND — An Ohio-native Coast Guardsman assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Diligence was involved in vessel boardings that netted seizures of nearly 3,000 pounds of cocaine last month, during the ship's patrol to the Caribbean Sea, the 7th Coast Guard District announced Monday.
Ens. James Heuser, originally from Centerville, Ohio, is first lieutenant aboard Diligence and one of the ship's boarding officers during vessel boardings and other law enforcement operations.
For more information about the cocaine seizure, click here to read a news release and to see photos and a video, or contact the 7th Coast Guard District Public Affairs Office at 305-415-6683.
To request an interview with Heuser, please contact the 9th Coast Guard District Public Affairs Office at 216-902-6020.
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