On December 23, over 500 kg of cocaine and €8,000 in cash were seized from a Spanish fishing vessel named Raymi in Tahiti. The French Navy’s Bougainville arrested the ship, revealing eleven bales containing 524 kg of cocaine. Fourteen crew…
Jamie Harbron, a 31-year-old UK national, pleaded guilty to a drugs offence linked to the largest cocaine seizure in the history of the State during a raid on a Panamanian cargo ship. In September 2023, 2.25 tonnes of cocaine valued…
Kamen Petkov, a 36-year-old Bulgarian seaman, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for orchestrating the concealment of over €21.6 million worth of cocaine on the MV Verila. The drugs, discovered at Foynes Harbour in December 2023, were hidden…
Authorities in the Dominican Republic have announced the largest cocaine seizure in the country’s history, discovering 9,500kg of the drug concealed in a banana shipment destined for Europe. This significant haul, valued at around $250 million, was found at a…
Authorities in the Dominican Republic intercepted over 9,500 kilograms of cocaine, marking a record seizure. The drugs were hidden in a shipping container with bananas from Guatemala and were meant for transfer to another container heading to Belgium. An investigation…
A gang involved in smuggling £200 million worth of cocaine concealed in banana boxes from Colombia has been sentenced in a significant UK drug case. Intercepted in February 2021, the operation revealed the gang’s use of Agro Food Ltd as…
A gang has been sentenced for attempting to smuggle approximately £200 million worth of cocaine concealed in banana crates from Colombia. The operation was intercepted by undercover officers at Portsmouth Port in February 2021. Key members Petko Zhutev, Gjergji Diko,…
An Irish court has ruled that the State can dispose of the MV Matthew, a cargo ship linked to one of the largest drug busts in the country’s history. The ship, seized in September 2023 with 2.2 tonnes of cocaine…
Australian Federal Police made a record seizure of 2.3 tons of cocaine, valued at approximately €470 million, after a boat used by suspects capsized off the coast of Queensland. Thirteen individuals, including two minors, were arrested in connection with a…
Dutch customs officials confiscated 720 kilograms of cocaine, valued at approximately 54 million euros, hidden among a shipment of bananas from Ecuador at the Vlissingen port. This discovery marks another significant bust, following similar interceptions in previous months, which included…
Spain’s National Police have arrested Oscar Sanchez Gil, the former head of their anti-money laundering division, after discovering €20 million hidden in his home as part of an investigation into the largest cocaine seizure in Spanish history. Alongside Sanchez Gil,…
