MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to offload more than 29,000 pounds of cocaine in San Diego

Who:  

• Rear Adm. Joseph Buzzella, commander, Coast Guard District Eleven 

• Capt. James O’Mara, commanding officer, Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) and crew 

• Mr. Joseph Hathaway, assistant special agent in charge, DEA, San Diego Field Office 

• Mr. Kevin Murphy, deputy special agent in charge, Homeland Security Investigations, San Diego Field Office  

What: U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro crew to offload more than 29,000 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of more than $335.8 million. 

When: 10:30 a.m., Tuesday  

Where: Broadway Pier, San Diego, CA 92101  

*Media wishing to attend should arrive by 10 a.m. and bring media credentials, a valid driver’s license, and proof of insurance. Please call +1 (510) 316-4586 or email Coast Guard District 11 public affairs at d11padetsd@uscg.mil to RSVP.  

SAN DIEGO — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) is scheduled to offload more than 29,000 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of 335.8 million, Tuesday in San Diego. 

The offload is a result of nine separate suspected drug smuggling vessel interdictions or events off the coasts of Mexico and Central and South America by the Coast Guard Cutters Munro, Vigorous, Hamilton and the USS St. Louis in September and October.  

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro is the sixth Legend Class National Security Cutter, and is homeported in Alameda, California. The Coast Guard Cutter Munro’s crew can operate in the most demanding open ocean environments, including the hazardous fisheries of the North Pacific and the vast approaches of the Southern Pacific, where significant narcotics trafficking occurs.