Coast Guard offloads $36 million worth of cocaine in San Juan, Puerto Rico following interdiction in the Caribbean Sea [Image 1 of 3]

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

10.07.2016

Photo by Ricardo Castrodad 

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET San Juan

Coast Guardsmen and federal law enforcement authorities offloaded approximately 3,157 pounds of cocaine and transferred custody of four suspected smugglers at Coast Guard Sector San Juan Oct. 7, 2016, following the interdiction of drug smuggling go-fast vessel in the Caribbean Sea Oct. 3, 2016. The seized contraband was estimated to have a wholesale value of $36 million. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Puerto Rico will be filing a criminal complaint in the U.S. District Court of Puerto Rico against three Venezuelan and one Dominican Republic nationals who were apprehended aboard the go-fast. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ricardo Castrodad)

• Date Taken: 10.07.2016
• Date Posted: 10.07.2016 12:42
• Photo ID: 2904862
• VIRIN: 161007-G-KA744-001
• Resolution: 4288x2848
• Size: 5.21 MB
• Location: SAN JUAN, PR