Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf boarding team interdicts fishing vessel towing multiple pangas suspected of trafficking cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean [Image 9 of 9]

PACIFIC OCEAN

03.05.2018

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 conduct a boarding through the night and into the early morning of a fishing vessel and multiple pangas suspected of trafficking illicit narcotics during the cutter’s counter narcotic patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 5, 2018. Boarding team members from the Bertholf and the Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team searched the vessels for hidden cargo holds and compartments designed to conceal narcotics and evade detection by law enforcement agencies. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew S. Masaschi.

• Date Taken: 03.05.2018
• Date Posted: 03.19.2018 14:41
• Photo ID: 4228171
• VIRIN: 180305-G-DX668-2087
• Resolution: 5924x4232
• Size: 13.24 MB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN
• Hometown: ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, US
• Hometown: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US