TACTICAL STATUS: INTERCEPT EXECUTED • JETTISON TRAIL ACTIVE
Datum: 14°26'N 068°42'W • Sector Caribbean
A maritime patrol aircraft detected a low-profile suspicious go-fast vessel on a northbound transit. Upon cutter intercept vectoring, the suspect crew commenced emergency jettison along a 7.2 NM evasion track before vessel boarding.
Tactical small-boat crews (OTH-IV) executed high-probability creeping line sweeps, recovering 47 individual floating bales totaling 2,082 pounds (1.041 US tons) with an estimated wholesale street valuation exceeding $2,400,000 USD.
Leeway drift accounts for unballasted poly-wrapped rectangular bales with 15% freeboard. Vector combines 1.4 knot current at 295° True with 3.2% wind leeway factor under 16-knot surface winds, driving datum expansion over elapsed recovery hours.