Summary: Eight tons of cocaine were recently intercepted in a double drug bust, one of the largest in history. In the larger, Spanish and Ecuadorean authorities to intercept a shipment of 5.5 tons headed to Spain. In a separate drug seizure, Spanish police stopped a Venezuelan fishing vessel carrying 2.5 tons. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and Britain's National Crime Agency also contributed to the operation. The cargo seized off the coast of Ecuador has an estimated value of $250 million. The first operation resulted in the capture of 24 drug trafficking suspects. Since the beginning of 2017, Ecuador has confiscated about 30 tons of cocaine.
Analysis: This article was written a few days after the first bust, so all of the information was given. It is so crazy to me that people would risk it all to ship that much cocaine at one time, it seems to me that when you get that greedy and ship that much, you are just asking to get caught. I think also that it is impressive that multiple countries had intelligence on this and worked together to stop it. This shows that many countries are worried about drug abuse and dealing and are working to eliminate it.
Link: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/05/15/7-9-tons-cocaine-seized-by-multinational-forces-in-two-ships-bound-for-spain.html
I hope that this streak continues on and hope many other countries get the same idea.
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