#cocaine-seizure

#cocaine-seizure

As part of the operation, a truck and trailer unit travelling from the continent was searched at the port. This revealed an elaborate lead lined concealment within the fuel tank of the vehicle. The operation then discovered approximately 150kg of cocaine within the concealment with an estimated street value of €10.5m. A male in his 50's was arrested and is currently detained under Organised Crime Legislation in the South East of the country.

Dominican Republic forces have seized hundreds of cocaine packages from a speedboat that was targeted and destroyed by the United States Navy, officials said, amid escalating anti-drug operations in the Caribbean. In a post on X on Sunday, the Dominican Republic's National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD), the country's drug enforcement agency, said it carried out a joint Dominican-US operation in which they said they recovered 1,000kg (2,200lb) of cocaine in 377 packages.

Dock workers alerted customs officers after noticing two men boarding a ship and disembarking carrying over 20 sports bags. The dock workers did not recognise either of the suspects as port employees. They informed nearby customs officers, who immediately intervened and stopped the car that the men were about to leave in. One of the occupants of the vehicle fled, while the other was arrested.

DUBLIN - A narcotics sales investigation into a convicted felon culminated Thursday in the 49-year-old woman's arrest in Dublin, as well as the seizure of three kilograms of cocaine and $15,900 in cash, authorities said. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency served a warrant on behalf of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office at a residence on Markleeville Road, according to the sheriff's office.

Peel Regional Police announced a record-setting $50-million cocaine seizure, the largest in their history, which is believed to be linked to Ryan Wedding's alleged drug trafficking network.