French Navy Sets New Record With Largest Cocaine Bust Worth $755 Million Off West African Coast

French Navy Sets New Record With Largest Cocaine Bust Worth $755 Million Off West African Coast
Image Credits: Marine Nationale (French Navy) /Twitter

French Navy seized over 11 tonnes of cocaine aboard a fishing vessel in the Gulf of Guinea, exposing an alarming pattern in which South American criminals use a West African route to deliver illicit substances to Europe.

On March 14, an unnamed French warship intercepted a Brazilian-flagged fishing vessel based on intelligence from France’s national intelligence directorate and anti-narcotics office, which was relayed by the US Drug...

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