Maritime Crime
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Cocaine Worth 9m TT Dollars Found in Container in Point Lisas Port, Trinidad
July 19: Police are on the hunt for an Arima Businessman, after 23 pounds of cocaine were seized at the Port of Point Lisas on Friday bound for St. Martin. […]
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Cocaine Worth €2.5m Found in Horsebox that Came Off Ferry in Rosslare, Ireland
July 19: Customs officers seized over 35kgs of cocaine with an estimated street value of more than €2.5 million, attempted to be smuggled through Rosslare Port in a horsebox. The seizure […]
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Armed Robbery With Minor Injury Aboard Bulk Carrier Underway Near Pulau Damar, Indonesia
July 21: At approx. 19:25 UTC seven persons armed with a pistol and knives approached the bulk carrier CK BLUEBELL (IMO #IMO9595876) aboard a small coastal patrol boat. They boarded […]
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Robbery and Injury Aboard Anchored Container Ship at Freetown Anchorage, Sierra Leone
July 21: At approx. 02:40 UTC five unauthorized persons, armed with knives, aboard a small wooden craft approached and boarded an anchored container ship using a rope attached with a […]
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Boarding and Cargo Theft Aboard Barge Being Towed Off Tanjung Piai, Malaysia.
July 11: At approx. 02:30 UTC in approx. position 01:13N, 103:31E, six small wooden boats approached an unspecified tug and barge underway. An unspecified number of unauthorised persons boarded the […]
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MSC Gayane Released on $50 Million Bail
July 16: The MSC Gayane is back underway to Rotterdam minus the nearly 20 tons of cocaine seized from the ship last month after the owner and operator posted bail […]
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Australian Police Seize $144m Worth of Cocaine in Port Botany, After It Shipped Hidden in Excavator via Port Kembla
July 15: A shipment of $144 million worth of cocaine arrived at Port Kembla before it was seized by police at Port Botany. The narcotics arrived in Australia in a […]
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UPDATE: General Cargo Vessel Attacked 120mi SW of Brass, Nigeria; Crew Kidnapped
July 13: At approx. 22:30LT the Turkish-flagged General Cargo Vessel PAKSOY 1 was reportedly attacked 120mi SW of Brass Terminal in Nigeria (0258N, 0044E). Two skiffs, each carrying 5-7 armed […]
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90 Kilos of Cocaine Transported Through Pailles Port, Seized in Mauritius
July 10: Mauritius law enforcement tasked with counter-narcotics and counter-smuggling seized approx. 90 kilos of cocaine on Wednesday, valued at Rs 1,35 billion. The packages of cocaine were hidden under […]
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Boarding and Theft Aboard Vessel at Pointe-Noire Anchorage, DRC
July 07: At approx. 03:30 UTC, an MV (NAME WITHHELD) was boarded by two unarmed persons while at Pointe- Noire anchorage in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The unauthorized […]
