The 178 kilos of cocaine discovered “were packaged in bundles and hidden in the hull of the ship”, according to the press release from the maritime prefecture published on Thursday.
Nearly 180 kilos of cocaine were seized this Thursday in Brest in the hull of a cargo ship which arrived a few hours earlier from Brazil, announced the maritime prefecture of the Atlantic. The freighter, the North Capellaflying the Panamanian flag and measuring 230 meters long, was carrying 15,000 tons of soybeans.
“Shortly after docking, the ship was checked by the Atlantic maritime security platoon (investigator, divers, canine team) and a team from the Kermorvan customs coastguard patrol boat,” explains the prefecture.
Ongoing investigation
An investigation by the research section of the maritime gendarmerie and the maritime gendarmerie group of the Atlantic is underway under the direction of the Parquet de Brest, the statement said.
Last week, on the night of Thursday to Friday, more than 180 kilos of cocaine hidden in the hull of a cargo ship, also from Brazil, had been seized by the Lorient coast guard.
The drugs were apparently hidden in the same way as on the Nord Capella, in the hull’s “seachest” water intake boxes, used to pump sea water as needed by the ship.
