Crewmembers from the Sentinel-class quick response cutter USCGC Glen Harris (WPC 1144) noticed people on a fishing vessel throw seven bales of fabric over the facet. The fabric was found to be 174 kilograms of heroin.
Glen Harris arrived within the Center East area final yr and operates from Naval Assist Exercise Bahrain.
The quick response cutter is a part of a contingent of U.S. Coast Guard ships forward-deployed to the area underneath Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA). PATFORSWA deploys Coast Guard personnel and ships alongside U.S. and regional naval forces all through the Center East.