Record cocaine catch in DR was on its way to Antwerp The Dominican Republic’s anti-drug police (DNCD) announced this weekend that it had seized the second largest amount ever in the country: 2.2 tons of cocaine. The seizure was made in the port of Caucedo and had been shipped from Panama.
The police took action on the container full of sports clothing and shoes after information was received from abroad. The container was not precisely identified in that information so that dozens of containers were put through the scanner before the cocaine was found.
The container contained 2,198 heaps of pressed cocaine with a number of different stamps, indicating that several investors were involved in the transport.
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Fishing boat full of cocaine caught off British coast The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has arrested three men on Sunday morning on a fishing boat for carrying around 400kg of cocaine. The fishing boat was intercepted off the coast of Kent, in the English Channel. According to the NCA, Albanians currently dominate the UK’s cocaine trade.
East London The three men on board the boat were aged 64, 45 and 25. A fourth man suspected of involvement in the transport has been arrested in East London.
Most major cocaine seizures in the UK occur at container terminals. Occasionally, small vessels such as fishing boats or yachts are intercepted, usually on the Channel routes, or off the UK’s south coast.
Shqiptare According to the NCA, an Albanian organised crime group – the Shqiptare mafia – dominates the cocaine trade in the UK.
According to the NCA, the group has supply contacts at the source in South America and a wide network in the country for distribution to retailers.
There are indications that Shqiptare works closely with the 'Ndrangheta, the southern Italian mafia that is also a major player in international wholesale trade to Europe.
A large network of Albanian cocaine dealers was dismantled in Antwerp at the beginning of this year .
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For the third time this week, a large shipment of cocaine has been seized in the port of Vlissingen: Customs seized 278 kilos of cocaine on Friday.
According to the Public Prosecution Service Zeeland/West-Brabant the catch was made during a 'regular customs check'. The cocaine was hidden in boxes with bananas. The container had been brought in from the Dominican Republic and was in transit to Spain.
The Public Prosecution Service estimates the street value of the cocaine, if it is fully cut and sold on the street, at 20 million euros.
Special units of the Spanish National Police boarded a fishing vessel in the Atlantic Ocean this week and seized four tons of cocaine. The fifteen crew members were arrested.
The investigation began in early November when a tip came in from Spain to the North American Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The tip mentioned a very large transfer of cocaine on two ships on the high seas.
Ecuadorian national police have seized more than five tons of cocaine in the port of Guayaquil, which was supposed to be shipped to Valencia, Spain. Five suspects were arrested during the operation.
In a similar operation, 13 tons of cocaine from Ecuador were seized by Spanish authorities on October 25. This record shipment of cocaine was intercepted in the southern Spanish port of Algeciras and was the largest shipment of cocaine ever seized in Spain.
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