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Navy finally finds something the LCS is good at: Stopping drug smuggling
« on: April 27, 2025, 09:38:32 am »
Navy finally finds something the LCS is good at: Stopping drug smuggling
USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul recently seized more than $12 million in drugs in the Caribbean Sea, an example of how Littoral Combat Ships have found their niche with counternarcotics missions.
Jeff Schogol

Published Apr 24, 2025 8:13 AM EDT

USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul Drug Bust 2025
USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, a Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship, made two drug busts within 72 hours, seizing more than $9.5 million of cocaine and roughly $2.8 million of marijuana. Navy photo.
The oft-maligned Littoral Combat Ship, or LCS, may have found its true calling: chasing down smugglers.

USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, a Freedom-variant LCS, recently stopped two suspected drug smuggling operations within 72 hours “through a combination of air and surface operations” while deployed to the Caribbean, according to the Navy.
 

A Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment that is embarked aboard the ship and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 50, Detachment Three helped the Minneapolis-Saint Paul seize nearly 1,279 pounds of cocaine worth about $9.5 million along with 2,480 pounds of marijuana worth roughly $2.8 million, according to an April 17 Navy news release.

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-lcs-drug-smugglers/
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Re: Navy finally finds something the LCS is good at: Stopping drug smuggling
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2025, 09:39:36 am »
IF the information is accurate, the use of those ships in drug interdiction works for me. :amen:
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Re: Navy finally finds something the LCS is good at: Stopping drug smuggling
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2025, 09:57:14 am »
They should have been built for the Coast Guard instead of the Navy.
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Re: Navy finally finds something the LCS is good at: Stopping drug smuggling
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2025, 11:14:42 am »
Quote from: Timber Rattler on April 27, 2025, 09:57:14 am
They should have been built for the Coast Guard instead of the Navy.
Well, at least they would not have to be towed as far to get back to port.  :whistle:
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