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| Spanish navy ship caught with 127kg of cocaine on board | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: 7 Aug 2014, 12:05 AM (32 Views) | |
| skibboy | 7 Aug 2014, 12:05 AM Post #1 |
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6 August 2014 Spanish navy ship caught with 127kg of cocaine on board ![]() The drugs were found aboard the Juan Sebastian de Elcano during a search in Cadiz last weekend Spanish police have seized 127kg of cocaine found in a storeroom of a navy training ship which they said was loaded during a stop in Colombia. It follows the arrest of three sailors after the boat returned to Spain last month, the Civil Guard said. Drug traffickers contracted the sailors to transport the drugs when it stopped in Cartegena de Indias, they added. The drugs, seized on Saturday in Cadiz, south-western Spain, were hidden in the ship's reserve sails. Police were alerted to the drugs after the US authorities arrested two Colombians suspected of obtaining 20kg of cocaine from the sailors during a visit to New York in May. The vessel, named Juan Sebastian de Elcano, had just completed a six-month tour and covered 18,000 nautical miles when the cocaine was discovered. Source...
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| skibboy | 7 Aug 2014, 11:20 PM Post #2 |
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Spanish Sailors Turned Drug Dealers Busted with 127 Kilos of Cocaine Aboard Tall Ship BY ROB ALMEIDA ON AUGUST 6, 2014 ![]() Spain’s police, La Guardia Civil, seized 127 kilos of cocaine onboard the Spanish Navy training ship Juan Sebastian Elcano while at port in Cadiz over the weekend. The drugs were discovered on Saturday in Cadiz in an international investigation also involving US Homeland Security. According to the Guardia Civil, the sailors involved were contacted by drug traffickers during a port visit in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. The drugs were hidden in the clothes of sailors returning to the ship and then hidden among personal effects of the crew. ![]() The operation began several months ago, following the arrest of two Colombians in New York where approximately 20 kilograms of cocaine was seized by US authorities, who alerted Spanish police. The ongoing US-Spanish investigation resulted in the arrest of three sailors last month for allegedly selling cocaine while on a port call in New York. On Saturday, Guardia Civil personnel discovered the 127 kilos of cocaine hidden in hard to access spaces, which included reserve sails for the vessel. The Juan Sebastian Elcano is a four-masted topsail, steel-hulled schooner. She is the third largest tall ship in the world measuring 370 feet in length and recently completed a six-month tour. ![]() Source...
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