narcotics

Border agents seize $37M in meth from trucks

In two recent cases, border agents in Texas and California foiled attempts to use commercial trucks to move methamphetamine across the United States-Mexico border.

Liquid meth was found in a truck’s gas tank in California. (Photo: CBP)

On Saturday, El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents found gallons of liquid methamphetamine inside a tractor’s gas tank at the Highway 111 checkpoint in Southern California.

Agents were unable to determine the weight of the liquid meth due to the volatile and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/border-agents-seize-37m-in-meth-from-trucks

220kg Massive Cocaine Bust Aboard Container Vessel

  • Turkish authorities seized 220 kilograms of cocaine on a ship that arrived at a port in the country’s southern coast from Brazil.
  • Police in the coastal province of Mersin found the cocaine hidden in a container carrying packages of paper.

Turkish authorities seized 220 kilograms of cocaine on a ship that arrived at a port in the country’s southern coast from Brazil, reports Devdiscourse.

Cocaine in ‘paper’ container

Police in the coastal province of Mersin found the cocaine hidden in a container...

https://mfame.guru/220kg-massive-cocaine-bust-aboard-container-vessel/

Officials Confiscate 25 Kilo Cocaine Aboard Capesize Bulker

  • Officials report of a cocaine bust aboard Japanese capesize bulk carrier.
  • Anti-narcotics division searched ship’s hull and found a container or a box, attached to hull in aft section.
  • Box contained packages with cocaine, totaling 25 kilo.
  • Seven crew including Captain were detained, caught allegedly, in the process of procuring the packages from a box.
  • Owners and Charterers deplore any involvement with the carriage of drugs and have strict policies in place to prevent such incidents.
  • They said...

https://mfame.guru/officials-confiscate-25-kilo-cocaine-aboard-capesize-bulker/

Half-tonne of cocaine seized at Dunkirk

French authorities seized half a tonne of cocaine worth around 40 million euros ($44.9 million) in the northern port of Dunkirk last month, Budget Minister Gerald Darmanin said in a statement on Tuesday, May 14.

The narcotics were found on April 29, in a container vessel carrying bananas that had traveled from the small South American nation of Suriname, and French prosecutors were carrying out further investigations, the statement added.

Read the original article on Reuters.

The post Half-tonne...

https://container-news.com/half-tonne-cocaine-seized-dunkirk/

Libya seizes large amount of narcotics

Libyan customs on Tuesday, March 26, seized more than 9 million narcotic pills inside containers at the port of Al-Khoms in, western Libya.

“Customs and inspection officials at the port managed to seize a large shipment of more than 9 million narcotic pills in boxes inside cargo containers,” a customs official told Xinhua later Tuesday.

“The shipment documents indicate the shipment carried commercial goods. However, after inspection, the large amount of pills were found,” the official said,...

https://container-news.com/libya-seizes-large-amount-narcotics/

Ukraine Seizes $51 Million Worth Cocaine In Cargo Ship

  • Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) seized a shipment of South American narcotics worth some $51 million.
  • It found more than quarter of a ton of cocaine hidden in banana containers aboard a South American cargo ship, docked in the Black Sea port of Odesa.
  • The total weight of the drug is 257 kilograms.
  • Its estimated cost on the black market is more than $51 million.

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says it has seized a shipment of South American narcotics worth some $51 million, reports Radio...

http://mfame.guru/ukraine-seizes-51-million-worth-cocaine-in-cargo-ship/

USS Chung-Hoon Seizes 5.5 Tons of Drugs in Gulf of Aden

Members of the guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon’s (DDG-93) visit, board, search and seizure team (VBSS) board a stateless dhow that was transporting 11,000 pounds of illicit drugs in the international waters of the Gulf of Aden, Dec. 27, 2018.

More than 5.5 tons of hashish were seized by the crew of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) while patrolling the Gulf of Aden.

Chung-Hoon is one of several ships conducting security patrols along suspected maritime...

https://news.usni.org/2018/12/31/39983

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