Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf offloads more than 18,000 pounds of cocaine in San Diego [Image 8 of 9]

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

12.18.2019

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Masaschi      

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

Fireman Marlon Fernandes stands armed with a rifle watching over more than 18,000 pounds of palletized cocaine on the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf’s (WMSL 750) flight deck prior to the 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 1st Class Matthew S. Masaschi

• Date Taken: 12.18.2019
• Date Posted: 12.31.2019 16:11
• Photo ID: 6005725
• VIRIN: 191218-G-DX668-1005
• Resolution: 6016x4016
• Size: 3.37 MB
• Location: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US
• Hometown: ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, US