EMEA
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Cocaine Worth £1.3m Seized From Vessel at Portsmouth International Port
October 04: Cocaine worth £1.3m on the streets has been intercepted at Portsmouth’s port. Border Force officers found 20 packages hidden behind a panel in a container onboard a cargo vessel […]
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Tanker Experiences Suspicious Approach Off Accra, Ghana
October 03: Suspected pirates attempted to board a tanker around 127 nm southeast of Accra. The assailants approached the tanker in two speedboats and, when the ship increased speed and […]
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UK Police Arrest 13 Over Country’s “Biggest Drug Conspiracy”
October 08: Police investigating what they say is the UK’s biggest ever drugs conspiracy have arrested 13 men in dawn raids. The arrests follow an 18-month National Crime Agency investigation tracking drugs […]
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CTF150 Seizes Over 2.5 Tonnes of Hashish From Dhow in Arabian Sea
September 25: A French warship, representing Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150) seized a huge amount of hashish from a rogue dhow on Wednesday 25 September. The dhow had been […]
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Saudi-Coalition Intercepts Houthi Unmanned Explosives-Laden Boats
October 02: The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted and destroyed an unmanned explosives-laden boat launched from Yemen by the Iran-aligned Houthi group on September 19, 2019, an incident that could […]
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Japan Donates 17 Patrol Boats to Kenyan Maritime Police
October 02: Japanese government on Wednesday handed 17 patrol boats to Kenya Marine Police to boost security and anti-terrorism measures in the coastal region. Speaking during the handing over ceremony […]
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Stowaways Discovered In Engine Room of Cargo Ship En Route From Rouen France to Ireland via Cherbourg
September 28: EEMS DART, a general cargo ship, was sailing from Rouen France to Dogheda Ireland, and turn to Cherbourg, when the crew exposed eight Albanian illegal migrants in the […]
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Iran Proposes Initiative to UN General Assembly For Ensuring Persian Gulf Stability
September 30: Iran is prepared to conduct more detailed negotiations on its proposed peace initiative for the Persian Gulf to develop the plan unveiled by President Hassan Rouhani during his […]
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Morocco Aborts Trafficking of 11 Kg of Cocaine at Tanger-Med Port
September 29: Moroccan police in collaboration with a Royal Gendarmerie unit aborted the smuggling of 11 kilo 11 kilogram and 350 grams of cocaine concealed in an international transport truck in Tangier […]
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Greek Authorities Seize 1.2 Tons of Marijuana and Arrest 4 Following High-Speed Chase At Sea
October 01: Greek authorities have seized over 1 ton of marijuana and arrested four citizens suspected of being part of a Albania-Turkey narcotics trafficking network. The seizure came after a […]
