The medium endurance cutter USCGC Valiant tows a 32-foot go-fast boat after seizing the vessel and arresting its five crew members for smuggling, May 31, 2012, in the Caribbean Sea. Valiant’s embarked helicopter fired warning shots and disabling fire to stop the boat as part of Operation Martillo, a joint, interagency and multinational collaborative effort to deny transnational criminal organizations air and maritime access to the littoral regions of the Central American isthmus. The boat contained 43 bales of cocaine with a wholesale value of $32.5 million.