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A joint operation conducted by Spanish Customs (DAVA) and the Spanish National Police has resulted in the seizure of 4760Kg of cannabis resin on board the Polish flagged sailing vessel FLORIANA. The vessel was intercepted approximately 70 nautical miles off Cartagena (Spain) and two Bulgarian crew members belonging to an organisation involved in the illicit…

In the last days of October the Senegalese Navy with the support of the French air assets stationed in Dakar, conducted a maritime operation which has resulted in the seizure of a considerable amount of cocaine. The Polish flagged motor yacht LA ROSA, was intercepted in international waters off Dakar transporting 81 bags containing 2025Kg…

A joint operation involving the Portuguese Judicial Police, Navy and Air Force has successfully identified and intercepted a 24-metre sailing vessel in the Atlantic, loaded with 5,200kg of cocaine divided over 183 bales. Indications are that the drugs would have arrived in Europe via the Iberian Peninsula and would subsequently been distributed around the continent.…

On the 8th of October, Spanish Customs (DAVA), together with the Spanish National Police, carried out a maritime operation to intercept a German flagged sailing vessel suspected of being loaded with a large quantity of cocaine. Despite a challenging a sea state, the Spanish boarding team managed to intercept the target approximately 480 nautical miles…

On the 1st of October, French Customs, with the support of MAOC (N), seized over 1.1 tonnes of cocaine onboard the Liberian flagged merchant vessel TRUDY. Originally coming from Brazil, the vessel called in the Canary Islands before resuming its voyage towards Antwerp, Belgium, where she was to unload a cargo of chalk. The vessel…

A joint operation undertaken by the Brazilian Federal Police and Navy has resulted in the seizure of 632kg of cannabis resin on board a Panamanian flagged sailing vessel, approximately 150 nautical miles off the Brazilian archipelago of Fernando de Noronha. Indications are that the vessel departed from Europe with two Italian crew members, both of…