A Coast Guardsman prepares to grab a bale of cocaine [Image 3 of 10]

USSOUTHCOM, AT SEA

09.09.2017

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jon-Paul Rios    

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

A boarding team member from Coast Guard Cutter Stratton prepares to grab a bale of cocaine that suspected smugglers jettisoned from their vessel in a failed attempt to flee Coast Guard pursuit in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Sept. 8, 2017. In addition to seizing more than 455,000 pounds of cocaine in FY2017, the Coast Guard has apprehended 681 drug smuggling suspects, the majority of which were delivered to the U.S. for prosecution. 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: 3814549
• VIRIN: 170908-G-KZ985-004
• Resolution: 5520x3680
• Size: 5.3 MB
• Location: USSOUTHCOM, AT SEA
• Hometown: ALAMEDA, CA, US