£96m Cocaine Seizure: Stornoway Skipper Among Arrested

Multinational operation targets crime group, UK identified as potential destination for some of the drugs.

A 29-year-old skipper from Stornoway, Scotland, and two other British crew members were arrested after 1.2 tonnes of cocaine, worth £96m, was seized from a Spanish-registered yacht.
The yacht was intercepted by the French navy 1,200 miles east of Martinique in the Atlantic on December 18.
Five other people, including a 62-year-old British man and his 24-year-old son, were arrested in Spain in connection with the shipment.
The operation was a multinational effort involving the National Crime Agency (NCA), Spanish Policia Nacional, French customs, the French Navy, and the Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre Narcotics in Lisbon.
The NCA believes that some of the seized drugs were destined for the UK.