2024-01-09 00:59:50
If the beaches of Guadeloupe are sometimes the scene of arrivals of boats transporting drugs in particular, the seizure made on the night of Friday January 5 to Saturday January 6 is nevertheless surprising. A total of 366 kg of cocaine was intercepted in the parking lot of a Gosier beach, and six men were arrested and placed in police custody, the Pointe-à-Pitre prosecutor’s office announced on Monday, January 8.
The suspects were checked on the beach of Petit Havre, a popular site for tourists and residents of the island, while they were “loading bags, such as bales, into the trunks of two vehicles”explained in a press release the public prosecutor of Pointe-à-Pitre, Caroline Calbo. “Analysis of the contents of the bales confirmed that it was cocaine with a total weight of 366 kg”she clarified.
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Police custody, which can last up to ninety-six hours in this type of case, “have been extended and are still in progress”, according to Ms. Calbo. The judicial investigation was entrusted to Ofast, the Anti-Narcotics Office, under the authority of the prosecutor’s office of the Specialized Interregional Jurisdiction (Jirs) of Fort-de-France, specifies the prosecutor’s press release.
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