The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a vessel carrying more than 20,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific, completing the largest drug seizure to date by a national security cutter from a high-speed "go-fast" boat.

Video footage shared by the Department of Homeland Security shows Coast Guard personnel, including a sniper from the Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON), using disabling fire against a go-fast vessel during the mission, which was part of Operation Pacific Viper.

Newsweek has contacted the Coast Guard and the Pentagon for comment via email outside office hours.

Why It Matters

The operation shows both the scale of U.S. efforts to disrupt international drug trafficking and the growing use of military force in maritime interdictions. Ongoing strikes against

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