Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel February 19, 1980 (Seizure of Foreign Ships on the High Seas Pursuant to Special Arrangements)

Seizure of Foreign Ships on the High Seas

Pursuant to Special Arrangements

T h e U n ited S tates has a u th o rity u n d e r in tern atio n a l law to e n te r in to ag re e m e n ts to stop,

se arc h , an d d etain fo reig n vessels on th e h ig h seas th at are su sp ected o f traffick in g in

illicit d ru g s.