Cocaine seizure at high seas from go-fasts boats. DUE DILIGENCE Chapter 4.

From Chapter 4 of just released fictional novel DUE DILIGENCE. 36 barrels filled with cocaine where about to be transferred to 6 go-fasts boats...but the Coast Guard showed up...

ATLANTIC OCEAN DUE EAST OF

SOUTH BEACH, FLORIDA

231 MILES FROM HAVANA, CUBA

At about 10,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean and just due east of Miami, a private jet was monitoring the SS Karlovy. The seas were calm and the night was bright with the full moon.

Rick Ramirez was aboard one of MonteCarlo Industries’ Fairchild-Dornier 328Jets. The fleet of eight 328s was part of a subsidiary known as Carga Latina, an air cargo company owned by MonteCarlo and based in Panama.

“Mr. Ramirez, we are within range of the satellite feed and have a clear view from the UAV,” said Captain Art. “Please go ahead and join Jackie at the monitors.”

Art McIntosh was a retired U.S. Air Force pilot who had served during Operation Desert Storm..