8.7 Tons of Cocaine Seized from Container in Port

Almost nine metric tons of cocaine were found by Spanish authorities in a container carried by Lucie Schulte containership into the port of Algeciras, Spain.
The 8,740 kilograms of seized drugs represents the largest cocaine seizure in the country and Europe in regard to containerized shipments, Spain’s Customs Department said on Wednesday.
The cocaine was hidden among 1,080 boxes of bananas carried in the container that had been loaded in the port of Turbo, Colombia.

Three persons of Spanish nationality linked to the importing company in Spain and two other businessmen from France were arrested in connection to the drug haul.
The Singapore-flagged Sub-Panamax containership of 2,602 TEU, formerly known as  Maersk Norwich, was built in 2006. It is part of Bernhard Schulte’s fleet, based on the information from VesselsValue.
According to the vessel’s latest AIS data from MarineTraffic, the containership has left Spain, and it is moored in Genoa, Italy.
 
西班牙當局在Lucie Schulte集裝箱運往西班牙阿爾赫西拉斯港口的貨櫃中發現近9噸可卡因。
西班牙海關署週三表示，緝獲的8,740公斤毒品是該國和歐洲在集裝箱運輸方面最大的可卡因緝獲量。
裝在哥倫比亞渦輪港的容器中運載的1,080箱香蕉中藏匿著可卡因。
與西班牙進口公司有關的三名西班牙國籍人士和另外兩名來自法國的商人因與毒品有關而被捕。

新加坡旗下的巴拿馬型貨櫃船2,602TEU，原名馬士基諾里奇，於2006年建成。它是BernhardSchulte船隊的一部分，VesselsValue的信息提供。
根據船舶最新的來自MarineTraffic的AIS數據，集裝箱船已經離開西班牙，並停泊在意大利熱那亞。

Image Courtesy: The Resident newspaper / Imformation Source: World Maritime News Staff