Portsmouth-based cutter disrupts drug operations in the Eastern Pacific [Image 8 of 8]

CUTTER NORTHLAND, PACIFIC OCEAN

01.07.2016

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area

Portsmouth, Va., -based Cutter Northland's boarding team interdicts a sinking Self-Propelled Semi-Submersible (SPSS) suspected of transporting an estimated 5,000 kilos of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific throughout its 56-day patrol from December 2015 to January 2016. The Coast Guard and its partners routinely deploy to known drug transit zones in the Eastern Pacific to interdict large shipments of contraband in support of Operation Martillo, an international operation focused on sharing information and bringing together air, land, and maritime assets from the U.S. Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and Western Hemisphere and European partner nation agencies to counter illicit trafficking. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/CGC Northland, Lt. j.g. Samuel Keith, Public Affairs Officer)

• Date Taken: 01.07.2016
• Date Posted: 01.26.2016 17:34
• Photo ID: 2370528
• VIRIN: 160107-G-ZZ999-003
• Resolution: 922x705
• Size: 312.05 KB
• Location: CUTTER NORTHLAND, PACIFIC OCEAN