VIDEO | US intercepts and boards vessel defying quarantine

"We tracked it from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, closed the distance, and shut it down," it added. "No other nation has the reach, endurance, or will to do this. International waters are not sanctuary. By land, air, or sea, we will find you and deliver justice. The Department of War will deny illicit actors and their proxies freedom of movement in the maritime domain."

(Reporting by Preetika Parashuraman in Bengaluru; editing by Philippa Fletcher)