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    US Coast Guard offloads 47,000 pounds of cocaine [Image 3 of 4]

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    The image shows uniformed personnel, appearing to be U.S. Coast Guard members, standing guard over multiple large pallets of shrink-wrapped bundles on what appears to be a ship's deck or pier. The personnel are armed and wearing dark uniforms with blue caps, suggesting this is an official law enforcement operation. The waterfront setting with a harbor and cityscape visible in the background is consistent with a port offload event.

    SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    01.25.2018

    Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Davonte Marrow 

    U.S. Coast Guard PADET Los Angeles

    A U.S. Coast Guard boarding team guards 47,000 pounds of seized cocaine on the flight deck of the cutter USCGC Stratton (WMSL 752) in San Diego Jan. 25, 2018. The cocaine, worth an estimated street value of more than $721 million, was seized in 23 different drug operations in the Eastern Pacific by the Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy forces. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class DaVonte' Marrow)

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    Date Taken: 01.25.2018
    Date Posted: 01.25.2018 18:04
    Photo ID: 4099401
    VIRIN: 180125-G-WK149-3087
    Resolution: 5520x3680
    Size: 5.86 MB
    Location: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US
    Web Views: 450
    Downloads: 25

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    A large group of uniformed personnel, appearing to be U.S. Coast Guard members, are posed on the deck of a vessel for a formal group photograph. They are arranged around numerous palletized bundles wrapped in plastic, consistent with seized contraband displayed during a drug interdiction offload ceremony. The photo appears to be taken at a port or pier, with vehicles and dock infrastructure visible in the background.
    Two U.S. Coast Guard personnel are handling bundled packages during what appears to be an offloading operation at a port or dock. One officer wearing a white hard hat (name tag reads 'HELMERS') is signaling with one raised finger while steadying a blue lifting frame, while a second officer in a blue hard hat is operating the equipment. The scene is consistent with a drug interdiction offload, as colorfully wrapped bales are visible on both sides.
    The image shows uniformed personnel, appearing to be U.S. Coast Guard members, standing guard over multiple large pallets of shrink-wrapped bundles on what appears to be a ship's deck or pier. The personnel are armed and wearing dark uniforms with blue caps, suggesting this is an official law enforcement operation. The waterfront setting with a harbor and cityscape visible in the background is consistent with a port offload event.
    A uniformed personnel member wearing a blue hard hat and navy blue uniform is using a pallet jack to move a large shrink-wrapped pallet of packages on what appears to be a dock or pier. A large white vessel with a distinctive yellow and red diagonal stripe pattern is visible in the background, consistent with a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. Additional uniformed personnel are visible in the background near the ship's entrance.

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