Ten tons of cocaine worth £200m set ablaze in Dominican Republic in massive victory in war on drug gangs
Ten tons of cocaine are burned, signaling a positive outcome in the fight against drug gangs.
With a value of about $200 million, the haul was the biggest to be confiscated in the Caribbean and Dominican Republic.
It was allegedly headed for Belgium when it was discovered concealed in a shipment of bananas at the nation’s main harbor in the capital, Santo Domingo.
Ten individuals were taken into custody.
Officials in white suits put out the hundreds of medication packets before they were burned.
It coincides with a bold drug seizure in August when a British battleship found more than 40 million dollars’ worth of cocaine in the Caribbean Sea.
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The HMS Trent was captured on camera pursuing a speedboat and subsequently confiscating the drugs 120 nautical miles south of the Dominican Republic.
When the drug smugglers attempted to toss the Class A drugs overboard, Royal Marines were spotted retrieving the drugs out of the ocean and then hauling three smugglers on board.
Later, footage showed the accused smugglers being led onto HMS Trent while holding their hands above their heads.
Authorities in the United States were given the drug traffickers to prosecute.
According to the Royal Navy, it is HMS Trent’s sixth narcotics bust of 2024.
Dramatic vid shows Brit warship HMS Trent seizing 50m worth of cocaine from speedboat smugglers in major Caribbean bust
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