{"id":87110,"date":"2023-12-23T04:45:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T04:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/scottish-skipper-among-three-britons-arrested-after-96m-of-cocaine-seized-on-boat-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2023-12-23T04:45:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T04:45:01","slug":"scottish-skipper-among-three-britons-arrested-after-96m-of-cocaine-seized-on-boat-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/scottish-skipper-among-three-britons-arrested-after-96m-of-cocaine-seized-on-boat-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish skipper among three Britons arrested after \u00a396m of cocaine seized on boat | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Three Britons, including a skipper from Stornoway, have been arrested after the French navy intercepted a boat where 1.2 tonnes of cocaine worth \u00a396m was seized.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old from Scotland<\/strong> was allegedly at the helm of a Spanish-registered yacht that was raided on Monday, around 1,200 miles east of Martinique in the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n

The three alleged crew members were arrested and taken to the island to face criminal charges.<\/p>\n

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The National Crime Agency (NCA) said its officers worked alongside agents in France<\/strong> and Spain<\/strong> as part of an operation targeting a crime group suspected of shipping cocaine to Europe.<\/p>\n

The NCA said officers recovered around 40 bales of cocaine from the vessel, with an estimated UK street value of \u00a396m.<\/p>\n

Spanish authorities in Marbella and Valencia have also arrested five other people suspected of involvement in the shipment.<\/p>\n

The suspects included a 62-year-old British man, originally from Lincolnshire but now a resident in Spain, and his 24-year-old son.<\/p>\n

The NCA said police swooped in on the pair as they sat down at a restaurant in Marbella on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The operation included officers from the NCA, Spanish Policia Nacional, French customs (DNRED), the French navy, and the Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre Narcotics (MAOC-N) in Lisbon.<\/p>\n

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Paul Owen, the NCA’s international liaison officer in Madrid, said: “This multi-national operation has seen a huge consignment of cocaine prevented from reaching Europe, and huge profits denied to organised criminals.<\/p>\n

“I have no doubt that some of these drugs were destined for the UK.<\/p>\n

“Tackling these global networks requires international law enforcement cooperation, and I’m grateful to our partners in France, Spain, the Caribbean and MAOC-N for their assistance.<\/p>\n

“Working together we are determined to do all we can to target, disrupt and dismantle drug trafficking groups, and prevent them from fuelling violence, intimidation and decay in UK communities.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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