The French Navy seized 2.4 tons of cocaine from a fishing vessel that sailed from Venezuela into the Atlantic Ocean, 820 nautical miles (about 1,500 kilometers) northeast of Martinique, the command of the French Armed Forces mission in the Antilles announced Monday. (Forces armées aux Antilles, FAA). The operation was carried out by the crew of the frigate Ventôse, “on the basis of information transmitted by the General Directorate of Customs” and the drug enforcement agency OFAST, the command of the French armed forces in the Antilles explained on Facebook. The military, after a reconnaissance phase with a Panther helicopter, “proceeded to surveillance” and “seized 81 parcels of cocaine”, the same source added. “The crew members and the cargo were handed over to the Venezuelan authorities at sea”, the text continues, according to which it was “the 7th seizure in 2024”, with which the amount of drugs “withdrawn” from circulation thanks to operations by the French armed forces it has now surpassed “12 […]
Source: News Beast
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