Maritime Crime
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2,202 Kilos of Cocaine Seized at Callao Port, Peru
April 23: Police and Customs officers seized 1,851 brick-shaped packages of cocaine in the port of Callao this week, weighing a total of 2,202 kilos. The drugs were found aboard a Liberian-registered […]
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Theft Aboard Bulk Carrier at Callao Anchorage, Peru
April 26: 0700 UTC: Posn: 12:01S – 077:13W, Callao Anchorage, Peru. Unnoticed, robbers boarded an anchored bulk carrier and escaped with ship’s stores. The theft was noticed by the duty […]
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Robbery at Puerto La Cruz Anchorage, Venezuela
April 26: Posn: 10:17.0N – 064:42.2W, Puerto La Cruz Anchorage, Venezuela.Duty Officer noticed on the CCTV one unauthorised person on the forecastle and raised the alarm. Hearing the alerted crew […]
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Attempted Robbery at Lagos Anchorage
April 24: Posn: 06:20.3N – 003:20.5E, Lagos Anchorage, Nigeria.Three robbers in a small craft approached and boarded an anchored tanker. Duty AB on routine rounds noticed the robbers near the […]
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Pirates Behind Attacks off Somalia Apr 19-21 Captured; 23 Hostages Released
Apr 23: The capture of a Yemeni dhow off the Somalian coast [on April 19] was all that initially went right for a suspected pirate gang. Four days later they […]
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Nigerian Governor Seeks Support in Tackling Maritime Crime
April 19: Bayelsa state governor, Seriake Dickson, has charged the Joint Task Force “Operation Delta Safe” to vigorously undertake efforts that will lead to curbing kidnapping, sea piracy and sundry crimes […]
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Two Moldovans Arrested for Smuggling $1m USD-Worth of Cocaine In Fruit Container in Odessa
April 23: Security Service officers, along with prosecutors and police officers from Odessa, Ukraine, have uncovered a cocaine smuggling operation using a fruit container at the port. An estimated $1,000,000 […]
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Costa Rican Authorities Seize Almost Three Tons of Cocaine So Far This Week
April 18: In separate police raids, Costa Rican authorities confiscated almost three tons of cocaine this week with a street value of over 33 million USD. Police operations carried out […]
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Bulgaria Police Seize 200kg Cocaine from Black Sea During Three Operations
April 17: Bulgarian border police have discovered and seized more than 200 kilograms (441 pounds) of cocaine in waters near the country’s Black Sea coast. The District Prosecutor’s Office in […]
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Canadian Navy Vessel Makes Third Drug Bust in Two Weeks in Indian Ocean
April 18: An Esquimalt-based ship made its third drug bust of the month last week. On April 18, HMCS Regina seized 1.5 tonnes of hashish and 10.5 kilograms of heroin […]
