Cocaine mass seizure Cargo ship to Japan via various parts of the world October 3 0:50
In the incident where the largest amount of cocaine was found in the bottom of a large cargo ship that entered Toyohashi City, Aichi Prefecture, the ship had passed through various parts of the world such as Central America and Europe for about half a year. I understood that. Customs and other authorities are investigating that there is a suspicion that a smuggling organization has chosen this ship to travel around the country to make it difficult to identify where the cocaine was loaded.
In August, a large cargo ship registered in Panama, which entered Mikawa Port in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, found 177 kilograms of cocaine and approximately 3.5 billion yen at the end of the market.
According to the Customs and Coast Guard Headquarters, the amount of cocaine seized at one time in the country was the largest ever, and it was hidden on the bottom of the ship at a depth of about 9 meters that could only be entered from outside the ship.
In this incident, the cargo ship had visited ports in three places, such as Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures, via ports in various parts of the world, such as Central America and Europe, for at least half a year until cocaine was found. I learned from interviews with investigators.
In addition, the crew told the interview that “I don't know about cocaine” and that it seems that they are not involved in the incident.
Customs and others are investigating that there is a suspicion that a smuggling organization has chosen this ship to go around to make it difficult to identify where cocaine was loaded.