ProtectedShips USS Preble and Coast Guard in massive drug seizure By ANI - June 28, 2020 0 1212 The destroyer Preble and its embarked U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment seize more than 2,000 kilograms of cocaine, valued at more than $40 million. Preble deployed to the U.S. Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility to support the Joint Interagency Task Force South mission, which includes counter-drug operations in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard) The guided-missile destroyer Preble and a U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment recovered more than $40 million worth of cocaine during a just concluded counter-narcotics deployment to U.S. 4th Fleet, the Navy Times reports.Please Login to view this content. (Not a member? Join Today!)