A container ship carrying more than one tonne of cocaine has been seized by Portugal’s drug enforcement agency, in an operation to combat illicit drug trafficking by sea,<br /><br />The vessel was intercepted in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean by the Portuguese Navy and Air Force.<br /><br />It`s a significant seizure, the largest this year, and in the context of large seizures, that’s more than about a ton and we are talking about this kind of boat that was seized, Everything indicates that it is an organization with weight in the international panorama”<br /><br />17 men between the ages of 24 and 63 were arrested on the vessel and are being questioned. <br /><br />It’s thought they belong to a transnational criminal organization.<br /><br />About 1,130 kilograms of cocaine were taken from the vessel, which was coming from Latin America and were intended to be distributed across several European countries.<br />
