This type of work is usually and professionally conducted by the USA Coast Guard once the foreign ship has entered USA sovereign waters. Hegseth has this taking place in international waters.
The NORMAL method of any taking of drug trafficking EVIDENCE is to display it to the public. I am not aware that has happened yet because the evidence hasn’t reached USA shores.
I hate to think Maduro might be correct in that Hegseth is more a provocateur than Secretary of Defense, but if this administration is declaring war, they need to make their case.
This could be similar to Reagan’s Grenada.