Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf offloads more than 18,000 pounds of cocaine in San Diego [Image 1 of 4]

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

12.18.2019

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Masaschi      

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

Coast Guard Vice Adm. Linda Fagan, Pacific Area commander, and Rear Adm. Peter Gauiter, the 11th Coast Guard District commander, stand alongside Capt. Brian Anderson, the commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750), and Bertholf’s crew in front of more than 18,000 pounds of cocaine prior to Bertholf’s crew offloading the contraband in San Diego, Dec. 18, 2019. The $312 million worth of seized cocaine was the result of seven separate suspected drug smuggling vessel interdictions and disruptions by Bertholf and four other Coast Guard cutter crews who patrolled international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean off the coasts of Mexico, Central and South America between October and November. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Aidan Cooney

• Date Taken: 12.18.2019
• Date Posted: 12.18.2019 15:56
• Photo ID: 5989353
• VIRIN: 191218-G-SL960-2001
• Resolution: 5520x3680
• Size: 2.68 MB
• Location: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US
• Hometown: ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, US