Coast Guard offloads approximately $19 million of cocaine [Image 3 of 3]

ST. PETERSBURG, FL, UNITED STATES

08.22.2014

Photo by Seaman Meredith Manning 

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET Tampa Bay

Crew members from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hawk, an 87-foot patrol boat homeported in St. Petersburg, Fla., offloads 576 kilograms of cocaine, valued at $19 million at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Friday, Aug. 22, 2014. The contraband was interdicted during Operation Martillo, a joint interagency and multi-national collaborative effort among 14 Western Hemisphere and European nations to stop the flow of illicit cargo by Transnational Criminal Organizations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Meredith Manning)

• Date Taken: 08.22.2014
• Date Posted: 08.22.2014 11:03
• Photo ID: 1517987
• VIRIN: 140822-G-EP136-001
• Resolution: 4256x2832
• Size: 5.38 MB
• Location: ST. PETERSBURG, FL, US