Narcotics
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$312 Million USD Worth of Cocaine Offloaded in San Diego From Operations Over Past 3 Months
December 18: The U.S. Coast Guard brought about 18,000 pounds of cocaine to port in San Diego Wednesday when they returned from a series of counter-narcotics operations at sea. Five […]
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Authorities Arrest Head of Narcotics Trafficking Operation Out of Algeciras, Spain
December 14: On Saturday, Spanish authorities arrested the suspected head of a major narcotics trafficking group operating in Algeciras port. Referred to only as “J.G.M.” and “King of the Port” […]
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1,457kg Cocaine From Brazil Seized During Four Operations at Rotterdam Port
December 17: During customs inspections at the port of Rotterdam, 1,457 kilos of cocaine have been seized over four operations in one week: December 12 – Customs found in a […]
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Mozambican Navy Seizes 1.5 Tons of Heroin, Arrests 12 Iranian Nationals, Off Coast of Cabo Delgado. 3 Suspects Died.
December 14: The Mozambican authorities are detaining 12 Iranians caught allegedly shipping narcotics off the coast of the northern province of Cabo Delgado. The boat was intercepted on Saturday in […]
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FS Courbet Seizes 3,534kg Hashish in Gulf of Oman
December 13: On Friday 13 December 2019, French Ship (FS) COURBET, a frigate operating in the Gulf of Oman in direct support of Combined Task Force 150, seized 3,534kg of […]
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Torres Strait Seen as Easier Location to Traffic Narcotics By Attempted Cocaine Traffickers
December 12: International drug traffickers see the Torres Strait between Australia and Papua New Guinea as a “softer target” for smuggling drugs into the country, a court has been told. […]
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Record Amount of Cocaine at Port of Savannah, Georgia Found Inside Shipping Container in October 2019
December 10: Customs agents seized $31 million worth of cocaine last week in Savannah, Georgia — the largest cocaine seizure ever at the Port of Savannah. Officers found the cocaine, weighing 2,133 pounds, on a […]
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Record Cocaine Seizures in Brazil Reveals Drug Flooding Ports
December 06: Cocaine seizures in Brazil have hit a record high this year — with the vast majority of drugs detected in cargo containers at the country’s ports. Between January […]
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Authorities in Antwerp, Belgium Seize 2,019 kg Cocaine From Container of Fertilizer From Colombia; 1 Suspect Arrested in Netherlands
November 27: Police in the Netherlands announced on Monday [December 09] the arrest of a 25-year-old Rotterdam man in connection with the discovery of 2,019 kilograms of cocaine at the […]
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Over 400 Pounds of Cocaine Seized From Sailboat at Port Everglades
December 02: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered more than 417 pounds of cocaine onboard a sailboat at Port Everglades on Monday. The estimated street value of the drugs […]
