Australian navy makes $700m heroin bust off Tanzania

AFP
Australian navy makes $700m heroin bust off Tanzania
The Australian
THE Australian navy has seized and destroyed 353kg of heroin with an estimated street value of more than $700 million in a mission off the coast of Tanzania. HMAS Melbourne discovered the haul when crew boarded a vessel on Wednesday as part of a ...
Australian authorities destroy $630 million worth of heroinCNN
HMAS Melbourne seizes estimated $706 million in drugs from boat intercepted ...ABC Online
Navy destroys massive...

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

AFP

08 Feb

Australian navy makes big drug bust off Tanzania

AFP
Australian navy makes big drug bust off Tanzania
AFP
Sydney — The Australian navy said Saturday it seized and destroyed 353 kilogrammes of heroin with an estimated street value of more than Aus$700 million (US$627 million) in a mission off the coast of Tanzania. HMAS Melbourne discovered the haul when ...
HMAS Melbourne seizes estimated $706 million in drugs from boat intercepted ...ABC Online
Navy destroys massive heroin haulSky News Australia
Australian authorities destroy $630 million...

 

11 years ago

Michuzi

11 Feb

Second bust by Australian navy in a week of a vessel with drugs off Tanzania coast

Crew members of HMAS Melbourne with seized drugs prior to
them being destroyed. Photo: ABIS JAYSON TUFREY

The Australian Associated Press reports that on Friday, Australian warship HMAS Melbourne made another multimillion dollar drug bust on the high seas off Tanzania, the second in a week following the seizure and destruction of 385 kilogrammes of heroin from a vessel in the same area on February 5th, 2014.

The two big drug hauls are estimated to be worth more than A$1...

 

11 years ago

Michuzi

28 Apr

Record heroin bust off Indian ocean near Kenya, Tanzania high seas border

HMAS Darwin’s ridged hull inflatable boats, with members of the boarding party team embarked, approach the suspicious dhow to conduct a boarding.
By Combined Maritime Forces 
Australian warship HMAS Darwin, operating under the command of a Royal Navy Commodore and his British team has made the largest ever seizure of heroin from a dhow at sea.
The record breaking 1,032 kilograms haul, with an estimated UK street value in excess of 140 million pounds, was discovered onboard a dhow in the...

 

11 years ago

CNN

10 Feb

Australian authorities destroy $630 million worth of heroin

Australian authorities destroy $630 million worth of heroin
CNN
(CNN) -- The Australian navy has destroyed nearly 353 kilograms (780 pounds) of heroin after intercepting the drugs on a smuggling vessel off the coast of Tanzania, the Australian Department of Defense said Friday. Authorities estimate the street value at ...

 

10 years ago

BBC

Australia navy in A$500m heroin haul

An Australian navy ship seizes heroin with an estimated street value of more than half a billion dollars from a boat off the east African coast, officials say.

 

11 years ago

Bernama

08 Feb

Aussie Navy Destroys Massive Heroin Haul In Middle East

AFP
Aussie Navy Destroys Massive Heroin Haul In Middle East
Bernama
MELBOURNE, Feb 8 (Bernama) -- The Australian Navy has seized and destroyed heroin estimated to have a street value of more than A$700 million as part of a security mission in the Middle East. The Australian Associated Press reports that HMAS ...
Australian navy makes big drug bust off TanzaniaAFP
Australian navy makes $700m heroin bust off TanzaniaThe Australian

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5 years ago

FXStreet

25 Feb

Australian PM Morrison: 15 Australian cases of coronavirus linked to Wuhan have now been treated

Australian PM Morrison: 15 Australian cases of coronavirus linked to Wuhan have now been treated  FXStreetCoronavirus a global health crisis: PM  7NEWS.com.auView Full coverage on Google News

 

10 years ago

Montreal Gazette

06 Nov

A little something extra in that package from Tanzania: heroin

Montreal Gazette
A little something extra in that package from Tanzania: heroin
Montreal Gazette
500 grams of suspected heroin was hidden in the padded lining of carboard boxes mailed to Canada from Tanzania. Photo courtesy CBSA. Share Adjust Comment Print. The Canada Border Services Agency found packets they believe to be heroin in five ...
CBSA makes five suspected heroin seizures in postal packagesCanada NewsWire (press release)

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10 years ago

WZZM

25 Feb

Heroin mailed from Tanzania distributed in Muskegon Co.

WZZM
Heroin mailed from Tanzania distributed in Muskegon Co.
WZZM
Five years after he was busted while flushing heroin down the toilet, an Illinois man faces up to 40 years in prison for peddling heroin mailed here from Tanzania in the soles of sandals. Loading… Post to Facebook. Heroin mailed from Tanzania distributed in ...

 

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