Coast Guard Cutter Farallon offloads $3.5 million cocaine shipment, transfers 3 smugglers to DEA in San Juan, Puerto Rico [Image 3 of 3]

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

01.29.2014

Photo by Ricardo Castrodad 

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET San Juan

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Farallon transfers custody of a 300 pound cocaine shipment to Drug Enforcement Administration special agents and Customs and Border Protection officers Jan. 29, 2014, at Coast Guard Base San Juan, Puerto Rico, following an at-sea interdiction approximately 60 nautical miles off the northwest coast of Aguadilla Puerto Rico Jan. 27, 2014. The crew of the Farallon transferred custody of the $3.5 million dollar illegal drug shipment and three Dominican Republic smugglers to awaiting Drug Enforcement special agents and Customs and Border Protection officers for further investigation and processing. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

• Date Taken: 01.29.2014
• Date Posted: 01.30.2014 12:31
• Photo ID: 1158416
• VIRIN: 140129-G-KA744-576
• Resolution: 2759x2540
• Size: 1.26 MB
• Location: SAN JUAN, PR