
2.4 tons of cocaine seized from fishing boat in Atlantic Ocean after tip from customs department
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The French navy has seized 2.4 tons of cocaine from a Venezuelan fishing boat in the Atlantic, authorities said Monday.
Acting on a tip from the customs department, a helicopter from the surveillance frigate Ventose landed a team on the fishing boat about 1,500 kilometers northeast of the Caribbean island of Martinique, France's Caribbean Armed Services department said.
The boat, the crew and the cocaine were handed over to Venezuelan authorities, the department said in a Facebook post.

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