Royal Navy seizes more than three tonnes of cocaine valued at £500million

#NationalCrimeAgency #Aberdeenshire #turkishboat #drugtrafficking It was Britain's largest ever drugs bust when Royal Navy intercepted a Turkish boat off Aberdeen and seized more than three tonnes of cocaine worth in excess of £500million. The raid was carried out on the Tanzanian registered tug boat MV Hamal which was manned by a Turkish gang The interception by the Navy and Border Force officials happened about 100 miles east of the Aberdeenshire coast and nine Turkish nationals have since been remanded in custody in connection with alleged drug trafficking offences. This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 30 April 2015.

As indicated by the National Crime Agency (NCA), initially two tonnes were found and, later another one tonne was discovered. In the opinion of experts, if cut and sold in the UK, it would have had a likely potential street value of over £500 million based on its purity. It seems the drug was sourced in South America and loaded onto the boat in the Canary Islands. Incidentally, Britain is believed to be one of Europe’s largest and most profitable markets for the drug. Estimates indicate that nearly 25 to 30 tons of cocaine is annually smuggled into the UK.

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