A Japanese-controlled capesize bulker has been caught up in a major anti-drug smuggling operation in Gibraltar.
Reports say 108 kilos of cocaine, with a street value of over $8m, was recovered from the 176,900-dwt Mount Faber (built 2008).
The drugs were packed into a torpedo-shaped device attached to the bulker’s hull, according to a spokesman for the Royal Gibraltar Police.
Reports say the ship was intercepted on Monday in the Gibraltar Strait while en route from Columbia to Turkey.
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