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Coast Guard intercepts boat with 5000 kilos of cocaine

Main news | By Correspondent February 27, 2020

ORANJESTAD, WILLEMSTAD - The Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard has intercepted a boat from Venezuela with 5000 kilos of cocaine on board off the coast of Aruba.

The ship had left Falcon, Venezuela on Sunday and was en route to Greece and sailed under Cameroonian flag. The eleven persons on board have been arrested. According to the information received all those on board are Europeans.

This is the third ship in a short time. There was also an aircraft with gold seized in Aruba.

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