Coast Guard offloads $13.3 million in cocaine, heroin, transfers custody of 2 smugglers, following interdiction in Caribbean Sea [Image 1 of 5]

SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

04.18.2018

Photo by Ricardo Castrodad 

U.S. Coast Guard District 7     

A Coast Guard crew member assists with the offload of 491.5 kilograms of cocaine and 9.2 kilograms of heroin worth an estimated wholesale value of $13.3 million at Coast Guard Sector San Juan April 18, 2018. The Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon, with the assistance of a Customs and Border Protection maritime patrol aircraft, interdicted a go-fast vessel, seized the contraband and apprehended two drug smugglers in the Caribbean Sea off Puerto Rico April 14, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ricardo Castrodad, Sector San Juan Public Affairs Specialist.)

• Date Taken: 04.18.2018
• Date Posted: 04.19.2018 11:25
• Photo ID: 4313449
• VIRIN: 180418-G-KA744-1002
• Resolution: 4912x7360
• Size: 2.01 MB
• Location: SAN JUAN, PR