Category: Operational

A joint operation coordinated by Portugal’s Polícia Judiciária, with operational support from the Portuguese Navy and Airforce, has resulted in the seizure of 100kg of cocaine. The cargo vessel was intercepted off the Portuguese coast and escorted to the Port of Leixões, where further inspections resulted in the discovery of the illicit cargo and the…

On 17/01/2021 the French Navy frigate “Germinal” , stationed in Martinique, was able to intercept a fishing vessel in international waters, several hundred nautical miles off the Caribbean. 177 bales containing 4.2 tons of cocaine were detected, with eight crew members arrested. The interception occurred in an area that has been widely used by maritime drug…

The tug vessel CYCLO 1 departed the Netherlands in the beggining of November 2020 towards the West African coast, and has raised suspicions on the part of the Spanish authorities after passing through the Galician coast, by the absence of commercial activity, as it didn’t have any known charter or towing contracts. This was the…

The Dutch authorities managed to intercept a speed boat carrying 340Kg of cocaine in the port of Zeeland, Netherlands. 3 Dutch nationals have been arrested and are now in custody. This seizure is a result of a Dutch investigation targetting criminal groups responsible to collect drugs from large cargo ships, who discharge large quantities of…

After a strenuous search of the vessel UNISPIRIT upon arrival in Las Palmas on 18/10/2020, the Spanish authorities managed to find 1.2 tons of cocaine hidden in a cargo of corn that had been loaded in Brazil and was destined for Cadiz, Spain. This seizure is a result of the cooperation between the Spanish and…

It all started when Spanish authorities noted that four sailing vessels known to belong to the same organized crime group, were sailing at the same time near the Morrocan coast. From that moment the Spanish National Police, Customs and Navy, launched a major maritime operation aiming at intercepting the 4 vessels that were already subject…

The Spanish authorities intercepted a croatian sailing vessel 88 nautical miles west of La Palma Canary Islands. After being towed to the island of Gran Canaria, 1078Kg of cocaine (gross weight) have been found, and the three crew members have been arrested. It is believed that the vessel has been loaded off the West African…