Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf boarding team interdicts drug smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean [Image 3 of 9]

PACIFIC OCEAN

03.03.2018

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Masaschi      

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

Boarding team members from the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf and Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team board a low-profile-go-fast-vessel suspected of smuggling illicit drugs supported by an aircrew from the Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron aboard a MH-65D Dolphin helicopter and an aircrew from the Department of Homeland Security aboard a P-3 aircraft during the cutter’s counter narcotic patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 3, 2018. The interdiction was the result of an interagency effort to thwart the flow of illicit narcotics by transnational crime networks. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew S. Masaschi.

• Date Taken: 03.03.2018
• Date Posted: 03.19.2018 14:44
• Photo ID: 4228155
• VIRIN: 180303-G-DX668-1126
• Resolution: 5573x3719
• Size: 3.27 MB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN
• Hometown: ALAMEDA, CA, US
• Hometown: JACKSONVILLE, FL, US
• Hometown: SAN DIEGO, CA, US