Coast Guard Cutter Alert boarding team interdicts low-profile go-fast vessel suspected of smuggling illicit narcotics

PACIFIC OCEAN

01.04.2019

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

Coast Guard Cutter Alert boarding teams interdict a low-profile go-fast vessel suspected of smuggling cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean while Alert conducts a counter-drug patrol in international waters off the coast of Central and South America, Jan. 4, 2019. Alert’s boarding teams seized more than 5,700 pounds of cocaine from two suspected drug smuggling vessels interdicted during the cutter’s 60-day patrol. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

• Date Taken: 01.04.2019
• Date Posted: 02.04.2019 13:46
• Photo ID: 5078331
• VIRIN: 190104-G-G0200-1001
• Resolution: 1152x648
• Size: 97.66 KB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN
• Hometown: ASTORIA, OR, US