US EditionDrug Smugglers Set Fire to Own Yacht to Destroy Cocaine Haul Off Hols Hotspot
- Drug smugglers set their yacht on fire to destroy a large cocaine shipment while being pursued by police near Tenerife.
- The police recovered 25kg of cocaine from the burning yacht before it sank.
- One smuggler sustained serious injuries and was transported to a hospital by helicopter after jumping into the sea.
- The operation involved multiple agencies, including the Civil Guard, National Police, and Customs Surveillance Service.
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Spanish police, working with the tax authorities, have intercepted a 'narco' sailboat smuggling illegal cocaine in the Atlantic Ocean, near the Canary Islands. The demanding operation took place in rough seas, and the drug smugglers set the sailboat on fire at one point, causing it to sink along with its cargo. Spanish authorities nevertheless seized 25 kilograms of the drug and arrested the traffickers.
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Drug smugglers set fire to own yacht to destroy cocaine haul off hols hotspot
THIS is the dramatic moment drug smugglers set their own yacht alight to destroy their gargantuan cocaine haul.Moments before, the two men had been ch
A joint operation of the Customs Surveillance Service, the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard and the National Police last Friday allowed to intercept, 50 nautical miles (92.5 kilometers) north of the island of La Palma, a vessel loaded with cocaine whose two crew members, when discovered, burned the boat to sink it. They tried to prevent the apprehension of the stupefacient and, with it, a conviction for drug trafficking. The dan…
Drug yacht loaded with cocaine intercepted near Canaries
The crew of a yacht loaded with cocaine set the vessel on fire after being intercepted by customs agents 50 miles from the Canaries last week. Two crew members of French and Dutch origin have been arrested, one of whom had suffered serious burns in the fire. Although the yacht sank and most of its cargo was lost, agents managed to retrieve 25 kgs of cocaine. The yacht, a sloop named Lona was discovered off the coast of Tenerife, from where it wo…
That's How some Narcos Burn a Sailboat with Cocaine in Tenerife when They're Intercepted by Customs.
The two crew members of a cocaine-laden narcovelero set fire and caused the sinking of their boat when they found that they had been intercepted about 92 kilometers from Tenerife by two patrol cars of the Customs Surveillance Service, the Sacre and Petrel I. Continue reading...
One of the boat's crew had to be evacuated by helicopter because he had serious injuries from the flames.
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