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02-16-2007, 02:50 PM
A ship carrying 800lbs of cocaine and 55lbs of heroin has been intercepted by the United States authorities. The drugs have an estimated value of US$8.5 million. The Bolivian-registered Osiris II was crewed by eight Colombians and was headed for the Dominican Republic. The ship was caught 200 miles south of the Dominican Republic as part of an operation called Corredor del Caribe. The US Coast Guard, the FBI, the DEA and the Federal Justice Department are all working on the operation. U.S. Coast Guard spokesman Ricardo Castrodad said that the Osiris experienced difficulties as it approached Dominican shores. At that moment the Coast Guard ship Thaoma went to help and discovered the drugs in the process. Once the ship stopped it was tugged to US Coast Guard facilities in Puerto Rico.
In related news, Customs and Border Protection Agents (CBP) at the Puerto Rican port of Mayaguez have found a large shipment of drugs in a tow truck that was aboard the Caribbean Express ship that had come from Santo Domingo. While inspecting the truck, the authorities were alerted to the possibility of drugs by the canine K-9 unit and upon further inspection the drugs were found in a hidden compartment. A total of 358 bricks, 309.7kgs (682.7lbs), were found in the hidden compartment with an estimated value of US$5.5 million. This is the largest shipment of drugs found this fiscal year and Diario Libre reports that during the last fiscal year CBP discovered a shipment of 10,879lbs of drugs. Puerto Rican customs also found a shipment of 23kgs of drugs that had also come from the DR.
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In related news, Customs and Border Protection Agents (CBP) at the Puerto Rican port of Mayaguez have found a large shipment of drugs in a tow truck that was aboard the Caribbean Express ship that had come from Santo Domingo. While inspecting the truck, the authorities were alerted to the possibility of drugs by the canine K-9 unit and upon further inspection the drugs were found in a hidden compartment. A total of 358 bricks, 309.7kgs (682.7lbs), were found in the hidden compartment with an estimated value of US$5.5 million. This is the largest shipment of drugs found this fiscal year and Diario Libre reports that during the last fiscal year CBP discovered a shipment of 10,879lbs of drugs. Puerto Rican customs also found a shipment of 23kgs of drugs that had also come from the DR.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#15)