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The Night Train Drug Seizure was a 1978 seizure of 54 tons of marijuana by the United States Coast Guard off the southeastern coast of Florida which marked the beginning of ''Operation Stopgap'', a United States federal law enforcement inter-agency drug interdiction operation focusing on interdicting drugs from Colombian cartels and other illicit Central and South American drug sources.〔(Name Of Pot-Laden Ship Sounded Familiar To Coast Guard ) ''Miami News'', December 11, 1977〕 The Night Train seizure was the largest single drug seizure in history at the time it occurred, and it remains one of the largest marijuana seizures made in the territorial waters of the United States.〔(Marijuana Seizure Was Largest Haul On Record ) Lakeland (Florida) Ledger, April 20, 1978〕 ''Operation Stopgap'' was one of the first inter-agency law enforcement efforts focused on the interdiction of illegal drugs from Central and South America, and it featured personnel of the Coast Guard, DEA and US Federal Marshals Service working together,〔"The Battle Against Drugs Takes to the Seas: High Seas Drama When the Night Train was Seized by the Coast Guard." U.S. News and World Report LXXXIV (Mar 27, 1978), pp. 69–71.〕 as well as the resources of the Intelligence Section of the Drug Enforcement Administration and Coast Guard Intelligence (CGI).〔(DEA and Coast Guard Could Almost Track Drug Ship By The Smell ) ''St. Petersburg Times'', July 11, 1978〕 The ''Night Train'' was a 189 foot coastal cargo vessel that had become legendary in the law enforcement community and smuggling circles due to its repeated ability to elude US law enforcement for almost two years before they were finally captured off of West Palm Beach as the first seizure of ''Stopgap''. ''Operation Stopgap'' was but the first of a number of highly successful inter-agency intelligence and interdiction operations〔(Operation Stopgap ) The Spokesman Review, September 16, 1978〕 that led to a large number of successful seizures and prosecutions in the late 1970s and early 1980s, garnering the U.S. Coast Guard considerable press coverage during this period as seizure records continued to be broken.〔(Operation Stopgap Nails The Legendary Night Train ), ''St. Petersburg Times'', July 11, 1978〕 ''Stopgap'' was also one of the earliest interdiction operations to effectively use satellite technology in the pursuit and interdiction of drug smugglers.〔(Satellites Aiding In Pot Seizures ) ''Sarasota Herald-Tribune, July 11, 1978〕 ==See also== *Coast Guard Investigative Service *Go-fast boat *Joint Maritime Training Center *List of active United States military aircraft *List of United States Coast Guard cutters *List of United States Coast Guard stations *Maritime Law Enforcement Academy *MARSEC *National Data Buoy Center *National Ice Center *Patrol Forces Southwest Asia *United States Coast Guard Legal Division *United States Coast Guard officer rank insignia *United States Coast Guard Research & Development Center 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Night Train Seizure」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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