U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Robert Ward crew members interdict and seize cocaine from suspected drug smugglers in the Eastern Pacific Ocean [Image 1 of 10]

PACIFIC OCEAN

07.16.2019

Courtesy Photo

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

Bales of contraband lie stacked on the Coast Guard Cutter Robert Ward’s deck following an at-sea interdiction of a suspected drug smuggling boat made by cutter’s crew members in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, July 16, 2019. The Coast Guard increased U.S. and allied presence in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Basin, which are known drug transit zones off of Central and South America, as part of its Western Hemisphere Strategy. U.S. Coast Guard photo

• Date Taken: 07.16.2019
• Date Posted: 07.25.2019 15:10
• Photo ID: 5613303
• VIRIN: 190716-G-G0200-1001
• Resolution: 602x446
• Size: 280.28 KB
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN
• Hometown: SAN PEDRO, CA, US