Coast Guard offloads approximately 20 tons of cocaine [Image 1 of 2]

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

10.27.2016

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class SondraKay Kneen 

U.S. Coast Guard District 11 PADET Los Angeles

Coast Guard Cutter Waesche crewmembers offload seized cocaine from the cutter in San Diego on Oct. 27, 2016. Nearly 20 tons of cocaine were interdicted in international waters off the coast of Central and South America. Operation Martillo is a joint, interagency and multinational collaborative effort to deny transnational criminal organizations air and maritime access to the littoral regions of the Central American isthmus. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sondra-Kay Kneen)

• Date Taken: 10.27.2016
• Date Posted: 10.27.2016 16:16
• Photo ID: 2950041
• VIRIN: 161026-G-UO807-041
• Resolution: 4240x5358
• Size: 8.24 MB
• Location: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US