Coast Guard's international seizure nets $37 million in cocaine [Image 3 of 3]

MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES

01.28.2014

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Crystalynn Kneen 

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET Tampa Bay

Contraband is shown pier side of the Coast Guard Cutter Sitkinak, homeported in Miami Beach, Fla., after the crew offloaded 2,500 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $37 million wholesale value at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. The contraband was seized in a multi-national counter-drug operation south of the Dominican Republic and is the first time an armed U.S. Coast Guard helicopter embarked on a foreign flagged military vessel in support of counter-drug operations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Crystalynn A. Kneen)

• Date Taken: 01.28.2014
• Date Posted: 01.28.2014 12:12
• Photo ID: 1157163
• VIRIN: 140128-G-KY418-085
• Resolution: 3000x1996
• Size: 3.17 MB
• Location: MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, US