Coast Guard offloads more than $12 million of cocaine in St. Petersburg, Fla.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL, UNITED STATES

03.02.2014

Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael De Nyse  

U.S. Coast Guard District 7     

Crewmembers aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, a 210-foot Reliance class cutter home-ported in St. Petersburg, Fla., offload $12 million wholesale worth of cocaine after returning home from a 44-day deployment Sunday, March 2, 2014, at the sector. This interdiction was carried out as part of Operation Martillo, which is one component in the United States government’s whole-of-government approach to countering the use of the Central American littorals as transshipment routes for illicit drugs, weapons, and cash. U.S. Coast Guard video by Seaman Meredith Manning. Available in high definition.

• Date Taken: 03.02.2014
• Date Posted: 03.02.2014 17:51
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 322688
• VIRIN: 140302-G-XO423-001
• Filename: DOD_101147959
• Length: 00:00:50
• Location: ST. PETERSBURG, FL, US