US Coast Guard Cutter Alert returned to Astoria on 2 Nov 2014 following counter-drug patrol in eastern Pacific off coast of South & Central America.Alert successfully conducted 70-day patrol traveling over 12,600 miles scouring eastern Pacific for illicit traffickers using their 2 small boats & armed helicopter from Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron from Jacksonville,Florida.These efforts resulted in successful interdiction of more than 3,180 pounds of cocaine.