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Nine people remanded in custody accused of cocaine trafficking
A total of nine people, including three fishermen, were remanded in custody in the investigation into cocaine trafficking using bales dropped near the Channel Islands, the Rennes prosecutor's office announced on April 8, 2025. More than 600 kg of cocaine were dumped from the ' Omicron Eagle' near the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey. Having departed from the port of Paranagua, the bulk carrier was en route to the port of Dunkirk, before arriving in Amsterdam, where it remained stationary as of April 9. The drugs were recovered at sea by fishermen from Ouistreham andthen transferred aboard a speedboat that headed for Tancarville, where investigators ultimately seized 630 kg of cocaine, worth €37 million. The nine people under investigation were remanded in custody following their appearance before a judge of liberty and detention. Among them were a Belgian of Albanian natuibal, accused of having participated in the recovery of the drugs on the trawler. Three Filipino crew members from the crew of the bulk carrier, accused of dropping the bales into the sea as the Normandy trawler approached, were also remanded in custody on the evening of April 8. Three fishermen, accused of recovering the bales of cocaine and transporting them to the French coast, suffered the same fate. The partners of two of them were placed under judicial supervision. Two middlemen from Le Havre were also indicted and remanded in custody. This trafficking network was dismantled following a major operation planned for 18 months and launched on the night of April 3. The case was the first time that a drop-off delivery has been intercepted. Around a hundred police officers from Normandy, the RAID, and the Anti-Narcotics Office (Ofast); the research section of the Maritime Gendarmerie and the Hauts-de-France gendarmes; customs officers specializing in intelligence; three patrol boats, a helicopter, and a Coast Guard patrol boat were mobilized.
NTSB reports on why bulker was in $4.3 million allision
APRIL 26, 2017 — The National Transport Marine Safety Board has issued a Marine Accident Brief on the March 26 allision of a 739 ft Panama-flagged bulk carrier with the Louisiana Sugar Refinery near Gramercy, LA The barebones NTSB Executive Summary of the accident brief says: In the early morning on March 25, 2016, the bulk carrier Star of Abu Dhabi was anchored using two anchors in the Lower Grandview Anchorage, mile marker 146.2, on the Lower Mississippi River near Gramercy, Louisiana. About 0230, the vessel’s port anchor chain parted and the starboard anchor began to drag. As the Star of Abu Dhabi moved with the current, it allided with the Louisiana Sugar Refinery (LSR) raw sugar unloading dock, located at mile marker 146.1, and continued to drift downstream. The vessel’s propulsion engine was started, allowing the crew to bring the vessel under control about 0.1 mile from the Veterans Memorial Bridge (also known as the Gramercy Bridge). The vessel sustained $232,210 in damages to its hull above the waterline. The dock sustained $4.6 million in damages. There were no injuries or pollution. http://www.marinelog.com/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=25840:ntsb-reports-on-why-bulker-was-in-$43-million-allision&Itemid=229
Photos Show Damage to Detained ‘Star of Abu Dhabi’ Bulker After Mississippi River Allision
Some new photos obtained by gCaptain show damage to the Star of Abu Dhabi bulk carrier after it reportedly drifted into the dock of a Louisiana sugar refinery, causing millions of dollars worth of damage. The incident occurred March 25 after the vessel broke free from its moorings and drifted into a dock belonging to Gramercy-based Louisiana Sugar Refinery, LLC. The vessel was later arrested under a lawsuit filed May 28 by Louisiana Sugar claimed that the incident caused some $20 million in damage to its facilities and is hurting profits. Defendents listed in the lawsuit are owners Abu Dhabi Shipping International, S.A., operator Fairmont Shipping (H.K.) Ltd., and Japan Shipowners P&I Association. These photos were taken on March 27 as the Star of Abu Dhabi made its way up the Mississippi River to Geismar, Lousianna, where the vessel was moored as of Friday. https://gcaptain.com/photos-show-damage-to-detained-star-of-abu-dhabi-bulker-after-mississippi-river-allision/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Gcaptain+%28gCaptain.com%29
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