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Home›Amphibious & Support Ships›Colombian Navy Finds 102 Kg of Cocaine aboard Tanker
Amphibious & Support Ships

February 24, 2015 · about 11 years ago

Colombian Navy Finds 102 Kg of Cocaine aboard Tanker

The Colombian Navy found 102 kilograms of cocaine hidden aboard a Cyprus-flagged tanker. Navy divers, who were conducting underwater inspections in the Cartagena Bay, located the drugs in a compartment in the area of the rudder of the Prisco Alexandra tanker. Two persons with a suitcase containing 1

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The Colombian Navy found 102 kilograms of cocaine hidden aboard a Cyprus-flagged tanker.

Navy divers, who were conducting underwater inspections in the Cartagena Bay, located the drugs in a compartment in the area of the rudder of the Prisco Alexandra tanker. Two persons with a suitcase containing 102 packages of the drug were found inside.

The drugs, along with the person, were handed over to the authorities in Cartagena.

The tanker was headed to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

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