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During an Operation Martillo patrol on Nov. 29, crew members from the Coast

Guard Cutter Decisive detected a 170-foot bulk freighter motor vessel northeast of Punta

San Blas, Panama. After communicating with the vessel, the cutter Decisive launched a

small boat crew to stop and board the motor vessel based on suspicion of illicit trafficking.

During the boarding, crew members located contraband which tested positive for cocaine in

Decisive boarding team members detained seven suspected smugglers and seized

1,328 kilograms of cocaine contraband. One suspected smuggler was transferred to law

enforcement officials in Panama. The other six suspected smugglers will be turned over to

federal law enforcement officials in St. Petersburg.

This interdiction was carried out as part of Operation Martillo, which is one com-

ponent in the United States government s whole-of-government approach to countering the

use of the Central American littorals as transshipment routes for illicit drugs, weapons, and

cash. Operation Martillo is an international operation focused on sharing information and

bringing together air, land, and maritime assets from the U.S. Department of Defense, the

Department of Homeland Security, 5093Western Hemisphere and European partner nation

and S. Orwell Pt., Homosassa, Florida 34446

On Dec. 16, around 11:00 am, crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Decisive, a 210-foot

agencies to counter this illicit trafficking.

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medium endurance cutter, home ported in Pascagoula, Mississippi, offloaded 1,328 kilograms

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of cocaine worth an estimated wholesale value of nearly $44 million at Coast Guard Sector St.

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sa, was also issued a citation for the sale of alcohol to a minor, but the name of the store was

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not specified. The juvenile in this case purchased four 16 oz. cans of beer.

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Thomas Michael Orpikowski, 25, Beverly Hills, was issued a notice to appear

roloftheDodge whichinto Mr.Williams attempted

t    truck  crossed over  the eastbound lane.  

citation to for selling tobacco, a pack of cigarettes, to a minor, although he had asked for

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brake andsteerto right, andthe fronts of the vehicles

to   the Lexus  the  unsuccessfully,   left 

the juvenile s identification. The juvenile quoted Orpikowski as saying "Oh, yeah, I see it;

collided. After the impact, the Dodge truck rotated and came to rest on County Rd. 48. The

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you re good," when he looked at the underage girl s ID.

Lexus rotated, traveled off the roadway and came to rest on the grass shoulder. Neither

At Liquid Lagoon, located in Crystal River at 2035 SE Hwy. 19, two juveniles

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driver was wearing a seatbelt. Both expired at the scene of the crash. The report stated that

asked to purchase a beer. One showed his ID showing him to be under the legal age of 21,

alcohol was not a factor in the crash, and neither driver carried a passenger.

and the second juvenile stated he didn t have ID. The youthshowingID

 an   underage   the 

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was served a beer, and the other juvenile was not.      River,

Dean Wayne Petschow, 55, Crystal  

said he could not see the identification because  inside theissued a  

 it was dark    bar. He was  

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misdemeanor citation to appear in court for the sale of alcohol to a minor.

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