Cocaine and crustaceans: fishermen involved in the capture of more than 600 kg in Normandy

Cocaine now circulates in professional sports as an amateur. Rugby is particularly affected.

INFO THE PARISIAN. More than 600 kg of cocaine recovered in the open sea by Norman fishermen were seized at the end of the week by the Ofast. The investigation reveals the key role of these sailors paid a fortune to enable the traffickers to avoid the controls put in place in the big cities.

The figures speak of themselves: 630 kg of drugs intercepted in the English Channel, a police operation prepared for 18 months, 22 Filipino sailors arrested on a cargo ship and eight other persons, including three Norman sailors-fishers, arrested, and five persons remanded in custody. Back to this seizure in flagrante delicto reported by the prosecutor of the Republic of Rennes. Technique of the drop-off On the night of Thursday 3 to Friday, a j…

The cargo ship “Omicron Eagle” left the port of Paranaguá for the French coast with 630 kg of drugs. At least five people were arrested in France after the seizure at sea of 630 kg of cocaine originating in Brazil, announced the Public Prosecutor's Office in Rennes, France, this Monday. The Liberian-flagged cargo ship “Omicron Eagle” left the port of Paranaguá, in Paraná, Rennes prosecutor Frédéric Teillet said at a press conference. Authorities…

In the night of Thursday to Friday, 630 kilos of cocaine were seized at the time when fishermen, the accomplices of the traffickers, took possession of the drugs. Three fishermen were imprisoned. This is a first in France. The principals, they, would be in Le Havre. (Police, justice and other facts). TF1 INFO

Rennes (France), 7 Apr 2025 (AFP) – At least five people, including three sailors-fishers, have been imprisoned following a 630 kg seizure of cocaine in the open sea, announced Monday the Rennes Public Prosecutor's Office, reminding the "world of the sea" that "justice will be ruthless" if they fry with drug traffickers. [...]