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Video: Arrests after 3.7 tonne cocaine bust in the Atlantic
Watch as officers search for the drugs on board the ocean going tugboat Thoran, which was intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean, around 400 miles from the Spanish coast
400kg of cocaine discovered on yacht off the Azores
The Italian-flagged yacht was 600 nautical miles off the Azores when it was intercepted by the Portuguese authorities
12 Brits held as part of a gang smuggling cocaine via speedboat into Magaluf
Spanish police have arrested 14 people, including 12 Brits, who are alleged to be part of a gang smuggling cocaine into Magaluf via speedboat
US Customs and Border Protection find 150 pounds of cocaine aboard fishing vessel
The US Customs and Border Protection found the cocaine worth $1.8 million aboard a fishing boat near Miami River. The boat had arrived in the US from the Bahamas
French-Canadian tourist faces life imprisonment for smuggling 23kg of cocaine
The 29-year-old French-Canadian woman has pleaded guilty to trying to smuggle 23kg of cocaine into Australia on a cruise ship
10 tonnes of cocaine and heroin seized from boats in the Mediterranean and Atlantic
The National Crime Agency has announced that just over 10 tonnes of heroin and cocaine have been found on boats in the Mediterranean and Atlantic in the last 10 months
Video: 18 tonnes of cocaine seized in the Eastern Pacific
US Coast Guard officials have offloaded approximately 18 tonnes of cocaine in San Diego, following 18 seizures in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
2.4 tonnes of cocaine intercepted in the Atlantic Ocean
The drugs, worth around £100 million wholesale, were found on a South American fishing vessel around 1,200 nautical miles south west of the Canary Islands
Dutch Navy seizes 700kg of cocaine in two busts in the Caribbean
Nearly 700kg of cocaine has been seized by the Royal Netherlands Navy in 48 hours in two separate drug busts off the coast of Curaçao
Fishing boat skipper sentenced to 16 years for attempting to smuggle a tonne of cocaine into the UK
Michael McDermott is now starting a 16 year jail sentence after he was found guilty of attempting to smuggle cocaine, worth £84 million, into the UK
4.2 tonnes of cocaine seized off South America
The drugs, worth more than £150 million, were on a 70-foot flagged fishing vessel, Lady Michelle, in what is the biggest cocaine bust in the Atlantic since 1999
£50 million of cocaine found on two Norfolk beaches
An investigation is underway after 360 kilos of cocaine was found washed up on two beaches in Norfolk
Australia’s biggest cocaine bust: 1.4 tonnes of the drug seized from yacht
Six men have been charged after more than 1.4 tonnes of cocaine was found on the yacht, Elakha, after it was intercepted east of Sydney, Australia
Canadian woman committed to stand trial for allegedly smuggling cocaine
Melina Roberce, 22, was arrested in August along with her friend Isabelle Lagacé, 28. The pair were caught trying to smuggle cocaine into Australia on a cruise ship
Royal Marine sniper brings six-hour drugs chase to an end
See the dramatic photos as a Royal Marine sniper takes out the engine of a speedboat during a six-hour chase in waters between Venezuela and Puerto Rico.
Video: 11 tonnes of cocaine seized by US Coast Guard
Watch the crew of the US Coast Guard Cutter Sherman as they unload approximately 11 tonnes of cocaine seized in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in just six weeks.
£80m of cocaine seized from fishing trawler off Falmouth
A captain and two crew have been charged after more than a tonne of cocaine was discovered on a fishing trawler off Falmouth, Cornwall.
Video: 42 years for tug captain and first officer who smuggled £512m of cocaine
The captain and first officer of an ocean going tug boat are now starting lengthy prison sentences after being found guilty of trafficking £512 million worth of cocaine.
US Coast Guard seize 21 tonnes of cocaine
The drugs were offloaded from a US Coast Guard cutter earlier this week, following seizures off the coast of Central and South America.
Dutch yacht cocaine smugglers sentenced
Hendrik Brugmans and Raymond Aalders were sentenced to more than 34 years in prison after admitting carrying nearly a tonne of cocaine across the Atlantic in their yacht.