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According to an article published in The Wall Street Journal, as container ships get bigger, drug smugglers are growing bolder in hitching rides on commercial supply chains.
Growing demand puts authorities on high alertGlobal shipping companies are wrestling with apparent growing demand in a sector that they don’t want and that has law enforcement authorities around the world on high alert. Ocean carriers saw a series of seizures of large shipments of drugs in the U.S. and Europe in 2019, and...
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Ecuadorian authorities have discovered 88 parcels of cocaine on board a containership in Puerto Bolivar.
According to Maritime Bulletin, 88 packages of cocaine found in a container on board of container vessel SEALAND LOS ANGELES. Ecuadorian Navy seized the narcotic-packages on January 7. Although there are not many details yet, Maritime Bulletin reports that at the morning (Jan. 7) two armed persons...
Moroccan authorities foiled on Sunday (Sept. 29) an attempt to smuggle over 11 kg of cocaine at the northern port of Tangier-Med.
According to a statement from the Moroccan Police DGSN, the banned substance was concealed in an international transportation truck coming from Spain.
The truck driver, of Moroccan nationality, and his assistant were arrested during this operation, the statement added.
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The drugs were seized at the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/283545/mexican-navy-intercepts-cocaine-on-cma-cgm-boxship/
Initial reports suggest that the seized packages contained around 49 kilograms of cocaine.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/282972/mexico-finds-cocaine-aboard-bulker-in-altamira/
Authorities in Hamburg have found about 700 kilograms of cocaine hidden in refrigerated containers.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/282162/hamburg-seizes-700-kg-of-cocaine-hidden-in-container/
Following the recent record discovery of 4.5 tons of cocaine in the port of Hamburg, another 1.5 tons of the drug were discovered during the search of a container ship, a spokesperson for the Hamburg main customs office announced on Wednesday.
“During the search of a container ship, officers of the Hamburg main customs office were able to seize another large quantity of cocaine last week,” said Oliver Bachmann, press spokesperson for the Hamburg customs office.
At the beginning of August, German...
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