Saturday, April 18, 2015

Entering “history” of cocaine off the Caribbean, 2.25 tons … – Liberation

French Customs seizes an “historical” a quantity of cocaine estimated at 2.25 tons Wednesday in a sailboat off the coast of Martinique, said Saturday the Minister of Finance Michel Tree and his colleague Christian Eckert Budget.

Three suspects were arrested aboard the sailboat, “American flag flying false”, 200 km off the coast of Martinique, they said in a statement. French Customs seized a total of 6.6 tons of cocaine throughout the year 2014.

According to Europe 1, which shows the information of the three men arrested face a Spaniard fifty years, former member of ETA. The other two are a Spaniard and a Venezuelan. The radio said that investigators customs information (DNRED) began investigating in 2012 about a possible international drug trafficking transiting the Caribbean Sea, kicking “in collaboration with the Spanish and British services” monitoring of suspicious vessels. Made of pure cocaine, the cargo would be worth $ 100 million.

The French customs seized a total of 6.6 tons of cocaine throughout the year 2014. The cocaine seizure this week is among the most important ever made. The record date of November 2006, with a catch of 4.3 tonnes by the Navy on a Panamanian cargo ship off the coast of Martinique.

The last Wednesday of operation is the result of an investigation two years conducted by DNRED in connection with Spanish and British services. In their statement, Michel Sapin and Christian Eckert “rejoice in the success of this operation demonstrating both the quality of international cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking and the quality of intelligence work done by Customs “. They “welcome the commitment of customs sea units in this difficult and risky” .

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