agents National Police and Civil Guard in joint operation with Tax Office Customs Inspection, They intercepted him at dawn on June 3 in the waters south of the Canary Islands. A fishing vessel with no flag or visible identification marks carrying 560 kilos of cocaine to Europe. in the same action, arrest of eight crew members of the boat, who are Brazilian nationals.
The operation, dubbed the ‘Brazilian White’, resulted in a 19-metre long fishing boat converted for illegal drug transport, with some getting on board. 270 nautical miles south of the Canary Islands for their next transfer and arrival at their destination Las Palmas Harbor this morning, Tuesday, June 7th.
actions directed and coordinated by National Supreme Court Drug Enforcement ProsecutorIn the framework of international cooperation, it begins with the exchange of information between the investigative agencies, MAOC-N (Atlantic Analysis and Operations Center) and CITCO (Intelligence Center to Combat Terrorism and Organized Crime). Suspicious illegal drug trafficking ship from South America.
A complex operation in the Atlantic
From then on, the Deputy Director of Customs Surveillance for the Tax Office establishes location, identification and, where appropriate, appropriate deployment, in coordination with the National Police Central Narcotics Brigade and the Civil Guard UTPJ. Finally embarkation of the target accomplished by the Tax Office’s Special Operations Ship ‘Petrel’.
mission to seek the target, great complexity in terms of maritime, insufficient information was given about the geographical position of the ship. By contrast, navigation conditions were complex until the time of the intervention due to adverse weather conditions passing through the Madeira archipelago due to storm Azores.
Finally, after the fishing boat is detected, The professionalism of the ‘Petrel’ crew, Despite the state of the sea, a fast and clear boarding action was carried out under technical safety conditions.
During the response, a significant number of packages from those commonly used for cocaine trafficking were found. At that time, eight unidentified fishing crew members were arrested and the ship was secured.
After the detainees were embarked on ‘Petrel’, the fishing boat was towed and transferred to the port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Both detainees and boat, drug and police investigations will be made available to the Central Education Court, which acts as the National Court’s Protection Officer.
This operation is one of the operations carried out within the framework of the so-called fight against drug trafficking. The ‘Atlantic Trail’ of CocaineIt is known that it was used by fishing vessels from South America that transported narcotic substances in the middle of the Atlantic in order to later bring them to the European continent.