‘This is a very high end job – 750kg (1,654lb) of cocaine. You don’t come across that every day of the week.'
The cocaine was found on the sailing yacht Sy Atrevido approximately half a mile off the Welsh coast
Investigators with the National Crime Agency searched the vessel at Fishguard port in Pembrokeshire, in what is believed to be one of the biggest drugs busts carried out by them in recent years. Officers from Border Force cutter HMC Protector boarded the sailing yacht Sy Atrevido approximately half a mile off the Welsh coast on Tuesday morning.
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