{"id":28288,"date":"2024-09-10T06:05:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T10:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=28288"},"modified":"2024-09-10T06:05:47","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T10:05:47","slug":"police-seize-two-tonnes-of-cocaine-in-guinea-bissau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2024\/09\/10\/police-seize-two-tonnes-of-cocaine-in-guinea-bissau\/","title":{"rendered":"Police seize two tonnes of cocaine in Guinea-Bissau"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Authorities in Guinea-Bissau say they have seized 2.63 tonnes of cocaine that was found on a plane at the capital’s international airport.<\/b><\/p>\n

The plane had come from Venezuela, the Reuters news agency reports citing a police statement.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, at least 78 bales of cocaine were discovered, which local reports say is the largest drugs seizure in the country’s history.<\/p>\n

The West African country is known as a key transit point in global drug trafficking. This has led to the UN to calling it a “narco-state”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A local newspaper has reported that the plane was registered in Mexico.<\/p>\n

All five of the crew members were detained, including the pilot. Among those in custody are two Mexicans, one Colombian, one Ecuadorian and one Brazilian.<\/p>\n

The suspects were due in court on Monday.<\/p>\n

Authorities say the seizure, which was dubbed \u201cOperation Landing\u201d, was done in close co-operation with the US Drug Enforcement Administration and the Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre\u2013Narcotics, a European organisation.<\/p>\n

According to a local report, the police are working on dismantling the entire network involved in this drug trafficking incident.<\/p>\n

The authorities in Bissau have for years been trying to deal with the country being used as a conduit for narcotics destined for Europe.<\/p>\n

Since independence from Portugal in 1974, the country has experienced nine coups, leaving it with weak state institutions.<\/p>\n

Some say this has made the country a fertile ground for drug barons.<\/p>\n

Earlier in 2024,\u00a0the son of Guinea-Bissau’s ex-president was sentenced to over six years in prison by a US court for leading an international heroin trafficking ring.<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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