Coast Guard offloads $56 million of cocaine in St. Petersburg [Image 2 of 7]

ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES

05.03.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse  

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET Tampa Bay

A crew member from Coast Guard Cutter Tarpon, an 87-foot Coast Patrol Boat homeported in St. Petersburg, Florida, and his crew offload 1,735 kilograms of cocaine, an estimated wholesale value of $56 million, Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Florida. The contraband was interdicted during four separate cases supporting Operation Martillo, a joint interagency and multi-national collaborative effort among 14 Western Hemisphere and European nations to stop the flow of illicit cargo by Transnational Criminal Organizations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse)

• Date Taken: 05.03.2017
• Date Posted: 05.03.2017 20:13
• Photo ID: 3353359
• VIRIN: 170503-G-G0107-1003
• Resolution: 3000x1996
• Size: 3.86 MB
• Location: ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, US