650 kilos worth of cocaine worth 2 billion pounds abandoned ship stranded Pacific island
Acquired cocaine 650 kg. – December 18 BBC Report to the police Marshall IslandsAn island nation in the Pacific announced a statement. cocaine Nearly 650 kilograms, worth up to US $ 80 million or more than 2,380 million baht, hidden in a sea-stranded boat, I-Luk atoll It is the country’s record-breaking drug seizure.
Police said A villager in the Iluk island area found a 5.5 meter long boat stranded last week. Then bring it to tell other villagers And trying to help each other bring the boat ashore But because the boat was too heavy, so I asked the police to come and check
Before he was deeply stunned to find a bag containing the suspect drug. The sample was sent to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for review, which later appeared to be cocaine. As a result, authorities open an extended investigation to determine the origin and feasibility of the transport of the drug.
side Mr. Richard Hixon Marshall Islands Attorney General Says the ship may have been in the sea for more than a year, possibly from Central or South America.
Marshall Islands Attorney General Richard Hickson said the boat could have been drifting for more than a year and was most likely from Central or South America. Pacific Ocean currents often push debris from there to the Marshall Islands, and drug finds are not uncommon. AFP
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Upon further investigation, they discovered the packets of drugs in a hidden compartment inside the boat. AFP
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An undated handout photo received on December 16, 2020 from the Marshall Islands Police Department shows blocks of cocaine from an 18-foot fiberglass boat washed up on Ailuk Atoll, a remote atoll with about 400 people, in the Marshall Islands last week with 649 kilos of cocaine sealed in its hold under the deck. AFP
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It’s thought the vessel might have drifted across the Pacific Ocean from Latin America, spending possibly months out at sea. The 649kg of cocaine have an estimated street value of $80m. AFP
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Police said the drugs were incinerated, apart from two packets, which have been sent to the US Drug Enforcement Administration for testing. AFP
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