Pot Bust off L.A. Reaches 50-ton Milestone for Coast Guard [Image 2 of 2]

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

07.26.2012

Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory Mendenhall 

U.S. Coast Guard District 11 PADET Los Angeles

The crew of San Francisco-based Coast Guard Cutter Aspen and federal agents offload approximately 8,500 pounds of marijuana at Coast Guard Base Los Angeles-Long Beach July 26, 2012. The marijuana was seized from a vessel nearly 160 miles off the coast of California. The event marks a 50-ton milestone for waterborne marijuana seizures in Southern California and the Pacific Southwest border region this fiscal year.

• Date Taken: 07.26.2012
• Date Posted: 07.27.2012 01:27
• Photo ID: 633235
• VIRIN: 120726-G-MR731-103
• Resolution: 3665x2610
• Size: 6.28 MB
• Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, US