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    Coast Guard offloads $36 million worth of cocaine in San Juan, Puerto Rico following interdiction in the Caribbean Sea [Image 1 of 3]

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    This image depicts an official U.S. Department of Homeland Security drug interdiction press display at a maritime dock. A large stack of wrapped bales, consistent with seized contraband, is displayed in front of U.S. Coast Guard vessels with agency seals prominently placed on the pile. This appears to be a formal law enforcement seizure display, likely a press conference or official documentation photo.

    SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO

    10.07.2016

    Photo by Ricardo Castrodad 

    U.S. Coast Guard PADET San Juan

    Coast Guardsmen and federal law enforcement authorities offloaded approximately 3,157 pounds of cocaine and transferred custody of four suspected smugglers at Coast Guard Sector San Juan Oct. 7, 2016, following the interdiction of drug smuggling go-fast vessel in the Caribbean Sea Oct. 3, 2016. The seized contraband was estimated to have a wholesale value of $36 million. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Puerto Rico will be filing a criminal complaint in the U.S. District Court of Puerto Rico against three Venezuelan and one Dominican Republic nationals who were apprehended aboard the go-fast. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ricardo Castrodad)

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    Date Taken: 10.07.2016
    Date Posted: 10.07.2016 12:42
    Photo ID: 2904862
    VIRIN: 161007-G-KA744-001
    Resolution: 4288x2848
    Size: 5.21 MB
    Location: SAN JUAN, PR
    Web Views: 182
    Downloads: 14

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    This image depicts an official U.S. Department of Homeland Security drug interdiction press display at a maritime dock. A large stack of wrapped bales, consistent with seized contraband, is displayed in front of U.S. Coast Guard vessels with agency seals prominently placed on the pile. This appears to be a formal law enforcement seizure display, likely a press conference or official documentation photo.
    United States Coast Guard personnel are offloading seized contraband packages from Coast Guard Cutter 1116 at a dock. Multiple crew members wearing blue uniforms, gloves, and respiratory masks are carrying large wrapped bundles on their shoulders from the vessel to the pier. This appears to be a drug interdiction offload operation, consistent with standard USCG counter-narcotics procedures.
    A press conference is being held at a Coast Guard dock facility, with officials gathered around a red podium bearing the U.S. Coast Guard seal. Large bundles of what appear to be seized contraband are stacked on the left side of the dock, alongside a Department of Homeland Security seal. A white Coast Guard cutter vessel is docked prominently in the background.

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