Suspected drug-smugglers

A visit, board, search and seizure team from USS Elrod (FFG 55) pulls alongside a ridged-hull inflatable boat carrying three suspected drug-smugglers in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Morocco May 25, 2010. The suspects agreed to a consensual boarding to verify the vessel's registration and country of origin. Elrod is conducting routine operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. (DoD photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy/Released)