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" carrying 680 kilos of cocaine was intercepted in the Caribbean Sea on January 29, the armed forces in the Antilles announced on Friday February 4, a new seizure off the Caribbean island.
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The surveillance frigate Germinal of the French Navy caught up with the speedboat whose four occupants were trying to flee while throwing drugs into the sea. A total of 19 bales of cocaine, for an estimated resale value of 47 million euros, have been recovered.
The alleged traffickers, two Dominicans and two Venezuelans, were handed over to the antenna of the Anti-Narcotics Office of Martinique.
They will be tried on May 12 by the Fort-de-France criminal court after asking for a delay to prepare their defense.
In the meantime, they have been remanded in custody.
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Several large seizures of cocaine have been made in recent months on the ground or off Martinique: on January 18, customs had discovered a ton on two sailboats in Marin Bay (south), and a record catch of 1, 4 tons had been made on the island in December 2021. The Caribbean region, close to the three main producing countries (Peru, Colombia and Bolivia), is a hub for cocaine trafficking.
The drug most often transits through the Caribbean islands to then reach European countries.