By Sudarshan Varadhan NEW DELHI, July 30 (Reuters) - India's navy seized a ship carrying about 1,500 kg of heroin worth 35 billion rupees ($545 million) on Sunday in what it said was its biggest ever drugs haul. The vessel, which was operating under the name MV Henry under the Panama flag, was intercepted off the Gujarat coast near the city of Porbandar, said S. Paramesh, … [Read more...]
200 Pounds of Cocaine And An Aristocrat Sugar Trader’s Nightmare
By Isis Almeida and Suzi Ring (Bloomberg) -- The MSC Letizia, a container ship, set sail from Santos Port bearing familiar bounties of Brazil such as sugar and coffee. But nesting amidships that Friday last June was one container, MEDU3333950, that would carry a different kind of cargo all the way to East Africa. Its secret load: 200 pounds of cocaine. The … [Read more...]
Cocaine Cruise Ships: Provocative Photos Released Of Women Caught Smuggling $30M In Drugs
Two Canadian women are accused of helping smuggle $30 million in cocaine aboard a Princess cruise ship while documenting the luxury globe-trotting vacation in a series of provocative Instagram photos. Isabelle Lagace, 28, and Melina Roberge, 22, from Montreal Canada were arrested along with Andre Tamine, 63, in what Australian border agents said is “the … [Read more...]
MSC Master in Hot Water Over Alleged Drug Trafficking
The Master of an MSC containership is being accused of international drug trafficking after authorities in Italy unveiled a complex scheme to offload drugs at sea so they can be smuggled into Europe. So far 12 people have been arrested in connection to the case. The ship, MSC Poh Lin, is currently under arrest at the port of Gioia Tauro, where authorities have seized some … [Read more...]
Tugboat Captain, First Officer Found Guilty of Drug Trafficking in UK’s Biggest Ever Cocaine Bust
The captain and first officer of an ocean going tug have been found guilty of drug trafficking in what authorities have described as the biggest seizure of class A drugs ever in the history of the United Kingdom. The cocaine was found hidden on board the Tanzanian-flagged MV Hamal in April 2015. The vessel was intercepted by Royal Navy and Border Control assets in the … [Read more...]
Prosecutor: Colombians Smuggled Drugs Into U.S. Aboard Spanish Navy Training Ship
By Joseph Ax NEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Two Colombians ran a major heroin and cocaine smuggling operation to New York aboard the Royal Spanish Navy's official training ship, paying thousands of dollars in bribes to midshipmen on the vessel, prosecutors said on Friday. The two men were arrested late on Thursday in Colombia, said the office of New York's special narcotics … [Read more...]
More Than 20 Tons of Hashish Found Stashed Inside Cargo Ship in Italy
Italian authorities have seized more than 20 tons of hashish hidden inside the hull of a general cargo ship at the port of Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy's Guardia di Finanza has announced. The drugs were found stashed inside a forward ballast tank onboard the Cook Islands-flagged cargo ship MV Jupiter. According to the Guardia di Finanza, the drug bust all started … [Read more...]