By Dani Morera Trettin SAO PAULO, July 24 (Reuters) – Sharks off the coast of Brazil’s party city Rio de Janeiro have tested positive for cocaine. The predators were consuming the potent…
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By Max Ramsay, Lyubov Pronina and Cagan Koc (Bloomberg) — On a chilly night in March, harbor police at Belgium’s Antwerp port nabbed three youths crawling over a barbed-wired fence at…
https://gcaptain.com/cocaine-superhighway-brings-drugs-and-violence-to-europe/
A U.S. Coast Guard specialized law enforcement unit embarked on USS Leyte Gulf, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, successfully intercepted and seized a semi-submersible vessel carrying thousands of pounds of…
https://gcaptain.com/u-s-forces-take-down-narco-sub-in-atlantic-ocean/
By Gabriel Stargardter and Lucinda Elliott MONTEVIDEO, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Uruguay’s main port received two cargo scanners sixteen years ago to detect drugs and other suspicious loads. Unfortunately, during delivery one of them…
https://gcaptain.com/surging-cocaine-violence-has-uruguay-clamoring-for-dea-help/
The European Commission, along with various EU Member States and agencies, have launched the European Ports Alliance Public Private Partnership to combat drug trafficking and criminal infiltration in ports. This…
By Matthew Bristow (Bloomberg) Mexican diplomats and law enforcement officials visited China last week for talks over how to curb the smuggling of chemicals used by cartels to make illegal drugs. …
https://gcaptain.com/mexico-asks-china-stop-fentanyl-shipments/
Seven individuals have been arrested in connection with a major cocaine seizure in the high seas off the coast of Ireland this week. A specialized unit of the Irish military…
https://gcaptain.com/more-arrests-made-in-high-seas-drug-bust-off-ireland-as-plot-thickens/
Irish military forces raided the Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier M/V Matthew on Tuesday and discovered a “significant quantity” of illegal narcotics. The raid was conducted early Tuesday morning off the coast of Cork….
https://gcaptain.com/irish-forces-raid-bulk-carrier-and-find-significant-quantity-of-drugs/
AMSTERDAM, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Customs officials in Rotterdam seized a shipment of more than 8,000 kg (16,635 pounds) of cocaine concealed in a container of bananas, Dutch prosecutors said on Thursday, the largest…
https://gcaptain.com/record-8-tons-of-cocaine-seized-at-port-of-rotterdam/
The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Steadfast (WMEC 623) on Monday offloaded over 11,600 pounds of cocaine and 5,500 pounds of marijuana worth $158 million in San Diego. The…
https://gcaptain.com/u-s-coast-guard-offloads-5-tons-of-cocaine-and-pot-in-san-diego/