US EditionFrench navy seizes nearly 10 tons of cocaine off west Africa
The French Navy's Operation Corymbe intercepted 9.6 tonnes of cocaine worth $610 million from an unflagged vessel, contributing to a record 54 tonnes seized in 2025, officials said.
- The French National Navy announced on Thursday, September 25, that it seized nearly 10 tonnes of cocaine worth close to �519 million from an unflagged fishing vessel off the Gulf of Guinea on Thursday.
- Corymbe, deployed in the Gulf of Guinea since 1990, responded to a tip-off from maritime intelligence, anti-drug authorities and the British National Crime Agency in a key cocaine transit area.
- Two French naval vessels intercepted the shipment from an unflagged fishing vessel, which sank after the raid, and its six-person crew will be handed over to French courts.
- The interception raises regional seizures to 54 tonnes since the year's start, with more than 45 tonnes intercepted by the French navy in 2025, Admiral Nicolas Vaujour said.
- Regionally, last year saw a record 10.7 tonnes seized in March, highlighting repeated large interceptions in the Gulf of Guinea where Western countries assist with naval deployments.
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According to the maritime prefecture of the Atlantic, the French navy intercepted on Monday a trawler without registration, which was sailing off the West African coast, and discovered almost ten tons of cocaine. The operation mobilized two warships engaged in the Corymbe mission, a device by which France maintains a naval presence in West Africa and the Gulf of Guinea. Loading... In a statement, the maritime prefecture stated that "in total, 9.…
French navy seizes nearly 10 tons of cocaine off west Africa
The French navy has seized nearly 10 tons of cocaine worth more than $600 million from a wooden fishing vessel off the coast of West Africa, French authorities said on Thursday.The seizure by two navy ships on Monday morning followed a tip-off by anti-drug and maritime intelligence authorities and British police, authorities in France's northwestern...
On Monday, 22 September, two Navy vessels seized 9.6 tons of cocaine off West Africa.
France's Navy Seizes 10 Tonnes of Cocaine Off West Africa
France's navy has completed a major cocaine bust in the trafficking lanes off the coast of West Africa, an increasingly important transshipment region for the drug supply chain from South America to Europe. Following a tip-off from British authorities and other international partners, two vessels of the Marine Nationale intercepted a stateless fishing vessel in the Gulf of Guinea, where France maintains a standing naval mission. Upon boarding, …
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