Coast Guard Offloads About 1 Ton of Cocaine in St. Petersburg

ST. PETERSBURG, FL, UNITED STATES

11.20.2017

Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ashley Johnson 

U.S. Coast Guard District 7     

Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Pelican, homeported in St. Petersburg, Florida, arrive and offload approximately one ton of cocaine, worth an estimated $23 million wholesale, in St. Petersburg, Monday, Nov. 20, 2017. The contraband and three suspected smugglers were interdicted by a U.S. Coast Guard tactical law enforcement detachment crew aboard Her Majesty's Canadian Ship Moncton during an Operation Caribbe patrol. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ashley J. Johnson)

• Date Taken: 11.20.2017
• Date Posted: 11.20.2017 10:36
• Category: B-Roll
• Video ID: 567004
• VIRIN: 171120-G-RD093-1001
• Filename: DOD_105094765
• Length: 00:00:58
• Location: ST. PETERSBURG, FL, US