EVERETT — A Navy frigate based in Everett on Friday captured a fishing vessel in the eastern Pacific that military officials say was carrying more than 4 metric tons of cocaine valued at more than $90 million.
The USS Rodney M. Davis, home-ported in Everett, was working with the U.S. Coast Guard and the Joint Interagency Task Force-South conducting counternarcotics operations, Navy Lt. Myers Vasquez said.
Nine suspected smugglers were arrested during Friday’s incident.
Vasquez would not disclose the home-port of the fishing vessel or the precise location of the seizure.
The Davis has a history of drug-fighting work. In April 2001, the Davis helped with the largest cocaine seizure in maritime history when sailors boarded a fishing boat from Belize about 1,500 miles south of San Diego, according to a Navy Web site. The fishing vessel was carrying nearly 27,000 pounds of cocaine, about three times more than Friday’s seizure.
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