The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf offload more than 25 tons of cocaine at the Port of San Diego Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal Nov. 19, 2015. Seized in the Eastern Pacific Ocean drug transit zone off the coast of Central and South America, there was a combined 26 vessel interdictions and two bale recoveries between late July and early November by five Coast Guard Cutters and one Canadian navy vessel with a U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement team aboard. The load is valued at more than $765-million. (U.S. Coast Guard video/Petty Officer 1st Class Rob Simpson)
“These interdictions — and the hundreds of millions of dollars, tons of drugs, and many trafficker prosecutions they represent — help disrupt the violent transnational criminal organizations that threaten the security of the U.S. and the entire western hemisphere,” said Rear Adm. Joseph Servidio, commander of the 11th Coast Guard District.
