Record 5.2 tons of coke aboard a yacht with a swashbuckling narco-sailor
Published at : October 30, 2021
There’s been another huge stash of bulk cocaine seized by police from a private yacht — this time, the biggest ever: a staggering 5.2 tons, found aboard a 77-foot-long sailboat. Let me tell you about it.
The Mob Reporter here with the story of a remarkable journey from South America that almost made it to market in Europe, where it would have been a masterstroke, worth some 300-million dollars for the young, swashbuckling narco-sailor said to be behind it.
The probe was codenamed Operation White Tide, or Operação Maré Branca, in Portuguese.
When Portuguese naval vessels carrying police teams from Spain and Portugal intercepted the sailboat more than 200 nautical miles southwest off the coast of Portugal on Oct. 16, 2021, its cargo was in plain view. It would have been hard to hide, even if they wanted, on such a small vessel: 183 bales. Three men on board were arrested, two Spaniards and a citizen of Peru. This interception also reveals the meteoric rise of the young man allegedly found at the helm: Carlos Silla Otero.
The probe was codenamed Operation White Tide, or Operação Maré Branca, in Portuguese.
CREDITS:
Music is “Bicycle Reunited” by Kevin MacLeod
“Mother ship” photos from Marine Nationale
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Boat photo by Juan Poza Bóveda, Pixabay
Galicia beach video by Ignacio Ortega Campos, Pixabay
Panorama photo of Vilagarcía is by Pavlemadrid commons - photo taken by Pavlemadrid, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1393419
Portuguese flag video by Matthias Groeneveld, Pexels
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The Mob Reporter here with the story of a remarkable journey from South America that almost made it to market in Europe, where it would have been a masterstroke, worth some 300-million dollars for the young, swashbuckling narco-sailor said to be behind it.
The probe was codenamed Operation White Tide, or Operação Maré Branca, in Portuguese.
When Portuguese naval vessels carrying police teams from Spain and Portugal intercepted the sailboat more than 200 nautical miles southwest off the coast of Portugal on Oct. 16, 2021, its cargo was in plain view. It would have been hard to hide, even if they wanted, on such a small vessel: 183 bales. Three men on board were arrested, two Spaniards and a citizen of Peru. This interception also reveals the meteoric rise of the young man allegedly found at the helm: Carlos Silla Otero.
The probe was codenamed Operation White Tide, or Operação Maré Branca, in Portuguese.
CREDITS:
Music is “Bicycle Reunited” by Kevin MacLeod
“Mother ship” photos from Marine Nationale
Container ship video by Alexander Bobrov, Pexels
Galicia coast videos Alejandro Piñero Amerio, Pixabay
Boat photo by Juan Poza Bóveda, Pixabay
Galicia beach video by Ignacio Ortega Campos, Pixabay
Panorama photo of Vilagarcía is by Pavlemadrid commons - photo taken by Pavlemadrid, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1393419
Portuguese flag video by Matthias Groeneveld, Pexels
Pouring wine video by cottonbro, Pexels
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