| Welcome to Natural Hazards Forum. We hope you enjoy your visit. You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free. Join our community! If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features: |
| £80m of cocaine found on fishing trawler near Falmouth | |
|---|---|
| Tweet Topic Started: 20 Aug 2016, 10:53 PM (8 Views) | |
| skibboy | 20 Aug 2016, 10:53 PM Post #1 |
|
£80m of cocaine found on fishing trawler near Falmouth 5 hours ago ![]() Border Force officers investigate More than a tonne of cocaine with a street value of £80 million was recovered from a vessel off the English coast. Officers from the National Crime Agency and the Border Force boarded the British-registered converted fishing trawler just south of Falmouth in Cornwall on Thursday. They discovered approximately 50 bags of the drug on the vessel, named Bianca. All three crew were charged with importing cocaine. The owner of the vessel, Michael McDermott, 67, and the crew, Gerald Van De Kooij, 26, and David Pleasants, 57, were remanded in custody by Bodmin Magistrates' Court. Their next hearing is at Bristol Crown Court on the 20 September. ![]() Falmouth harbour Mike Stepney, from the Border Force, said: "This is one of the most significant drugs seizures ever made in the UK. "By working closely with the NCA and other partners, we were able to intercept this vessel before it could deliver its £80 million cargo to the UK". Mark Harding, of the National Crime Agency, added: "A seizure on this scale is likely have a significant disruptive impact right along the supply chain, leaving criminals with large debts to be covered. "And it will have knock on effects, disrupting further criminality that would have been funded by the profits of this venture." Source:
|
![]() |
|
| 1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous) | |
| « Previous Topic · Marine · Next Topic » |








3:54 PM Jul 11