Cutter Stratton intercepts suspect drug smugglers [Image 1 of 10]

USSOUTHCOM, AT SEA

09.09.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios    

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

Coast Guard Cutter Stratton boarding team members detain four suspected smugglers after intercepting their vessel with 17 bales of cocaine on board in the Pacific Ocean Sept. 8, 2017. Stratton’s crew was patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean as part of a whole-of-government campaign to combat nefarious transnational organized criminal networks that use illicit drugs to fund violence, terrorism and other illegal activities in the Western Hemisphere. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios.

• Date Taken: 09.09.2017
• Date Posted: 09.27.2017 16:40
• Photo ID: 3814544
• VIRIN: 170908-G-KZ985-010
• Resolution: 5520x3680
• Size: 10 MB
• Location: USSOUTHCOM, AT SEA