Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf boarding team interdicts drug smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean [Image 5 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 remove contraband from a low-profile-go-fast-vessel interdicted by the boarding team while the cutter was conducting a counter narcotic patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 3, 2018. Coast Guard men and women are apart of an interagency effort combating the flow of illicit narcotics trafficked by transnational organized 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 14:43
• Photo ID: 4228159
• VIRIN: 180303-G-DX668-1205
• Resolution: 7360x4912
• Size: 8.19 MB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN
• Hometown: ALAMEDA, CA, US
• Hometown: SAN DIEGO, CA, US