Coast Guard, DEA, CBP authorities offload $13.3 million in cocaine, heroin, transfers custody of 2 smugglers, following interdiction in Caribbean Sea [Image 5 of 5]
Coast Guard, DEA, and Customs and Border Protection law enforcement authorities 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, apprehended two smugglers and seized the contraband April 14, 2018, in the Caribbean Sea off Puerto Rico. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ricardo Castrodad, Sector San Juan Public Affairs Specialist.)