Coast Guardsmen Interdict 1,488 Pounds of Cocaine

USSOUTHCOM, AT SEA

08.28.2015

Video by Cpl. Danielle Rodrigues 

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area

Crew members from Coast Guard Cutter Active from Port Angeles, Wash., interdict more than 1,488 pounds of cocaine jettisoned in international waters off the coast of Central America, Aug. 28, 2015. The three suspected smugglers allegedly jettisoned the contraband, worth an estimated $22 million, before the cutter's crew apprehended them in close coordination with a U.S. maritime patrol aircraft. Coast Guard video by Cutter Active.

• Date Taken: 08.28.2015
• Date Posted: 10.02.2015 11:33
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 426352
• VIRIN: 150828-G-XX123-001
• Filename: DOD_102772027
• Length: 00:01:43
• Location: USSOUTHCOM, AT SEA
• Hometown: PORT ANGELES, WA, US