JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Mar. 29, 2007)--Seaman Thomas Chegin of the Coast Guard Cutter Dallas from Charleston, S.C., ensures security for his shipmates while they offload more than 9,000 pounds of cocaine at Naval Station Mayport, Fla. The crew turned 185 bales of cocaine to federal agents. Approximately 450 pounds of the cocaine was seized by law enforcement crews of the Dallas after they thwarted an apparent attempt by smugglers drop the drugs to a small smuggling boat from an airplane. The rest of the cocaine was seized in two busts in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.  USCG photo by PA1 Donnie Brzuska
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