Seoul, South Korea:
Officials told AFP on Friday, South Korea discovered two tons of cocaine in a Norwegian-Flagged vessel and seized, the country’s biggest drug bust was told by AFP to date.
The Korea Coast Guard stated that he had received “two tons”, which he suspects to be pure cocaine on a Norwegian-Flagged vessel, leaving Mexico and stayed in Ecuador, Panama and China.
The operation was started after South Korean officials received intelligence from American agencies – FBI and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) – that the vessel was carrying hidden narcotics.
The Korea Coast Guard stated that the Korea Coast Guard and the Korea Customs Service coordinated a large-scale search operation, which included “a joint search team of 90 officers … with two drug-sorrowing dog units,” said Korea Coast Guard.
After being docked at an East Coast port in South Korea, the team immediately rode in the vessel and “discovered a hidden compartment behind the ship’s engine room”.
Officials said the drugs were packed in 56 sacks, each of which had some 30 to 40 kg (about 66 to 88 pounds) drugs, said that the total slopes reached about two tonnes.
The Korea Coast Guard Officer told AFP, “The tests in the initial region confirmed the substances as suspected cocaine.”
“The largest in history is the largest in history, about five times larger than the previous record,” a Korea Customs Service official told AFP, “an official of Korea’s Customs Service told AFP.
The estimated road price is a trillion won ($ 697 million), he said.
Authorities have introduced a joint investigation team to question the captain and crew of the vessel about the original and intended destination of drugs, and the route is used to transport them.
Investigators also stated that they are looking at the potential relations of international drug trafficking syndicates and will expand cooperation with FBI and HSI.
South Korea has ranked longer in countries using low drugs globally, for its strict laws and strong social stigma.
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