Coast Guard, CBIG, DEA authorities seize $30 million in cocaine, apprehend 3 suspected smugglers from go-fast in the Eastern Caribbean [Image 1 of 3]

SAINT THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS, US

12.11.2018

Photo by Ricardo Castrodad 

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET San Juan

A seized cocaine shipment comprised of 53 bales weighing approximately 2,606 pounds, sits aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos, following the interdiction of a go-fast vessel and the apprehension of three suspected smugglers Dec. 11, 2018, approximately 95 nautical miles northeast of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The interdiction was the result of Operation Full Court Press, a Department of Homeland Security multi-agency initiative to disrupt Transnational Criminal Organizations within the maritime approaches to the southeastern United States.

• Date Taken: 12.11.2018
• Date Posted: 12.14.2018 19:44
• Photo ID: 4976382
• VIRIN: 181211-G-G0107-1004
• Resolution: 710x395
• Size: 70.53 KB
• Location: SAINT THOMAS, VI