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Marshall Islands police have recovered the country’s largest cocaine shipment from an abandoned ship floating in the deep sea. The country’s attorney general, Richard Hickson, said 1,430 pounds of cocaine were found hidden under the cover of the 5.5-meter fiberglass meter last week.
According to media reports, the market value of the recovered cocaine is estimated to be over £ 60 million. Hickson said the shipment was likely being carried from Central Africa or South Africa across the Pacific Ocean. He was at sea for a year or two.
Police say the 1 kg drug packages were engraved with the ‘KW’ sign. Two packages of cocaine will be delivered to US drug control agencies to test samples of these drugs. American Derby ships often arrive in the Marshall Islands after being caught in a marine storm and often float at sea for months or years.
Although the latest cocaine shipment is the largest drug seizure, in the last 20 years there have been numerous large and small drug shipments in the Marshall Islands.
According to Radio New Zealand, an Eeluk citizen was arrested earlier this year on a flight with 3 kg of cocaine. Who is suspected of being involved in the incident.
Cocaine has also been seized several times in the past 20 years from other Icelanders, including Inioweat, Rangelap, Bikini and Koazalein.
Law enforcement agencies have different views on the origin of these drugs. Drug dealers flee with drugs when they risk being caught or caught in a storm.
In January 2014, a fisherman named José Alvarenza floated out to sea. Marshall reached the coast of Iceland after 13 months at sea with a partner from Mexico. However, his partner died.
After rescuing it, researchers from the University of Hawaii found information on 18 shipments from Mexico, all of which reached the Marshall Islands.
Source: Al Jazeera
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