Coast Guard Offloads Approximately $19 Million of Cocaine

ST. PETERSBURG, FL, UNITED STATES

08.22.2014

Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ashley Johnson 

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET Tampa Bay

Crewmembers from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hawk, an 87-foot patrol boat homeported in St. Petersburg, Florida, offload 576 kilograms of cocaine, valued at $19 million at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Friday, August 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 video by Petty Officer Ashley J. Johnson.

• Date Taken: 08.22.2014
• Date Posted: 08.22.2014 11:23
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 356626
• VIRIN: 140822-G-RD053-001
• Filename: DOD_101904724
• Length: 00:00:35
• Location: ST. PETERSBURG, FL, US