BobnLesley
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I guess he won't have an internet connection to hand to answer for himself
Six men arrested in £160m cocaine haul off Plymouth coast
Six men arrested in £160m cocaine haul off Plymouth coast
Anyone we know?
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DFL1010
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A vessel of the same name, from the Carib is currently in Plymo.
KAHU (Pleasure Craft) Registered in St Vincent Grenadines - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 0, MMSI 375254400, Call Sign J8Y4524
(I doubt the 200m length though).
Slightly confused by the 80miles off the coast bit though. 80NM south of Plymouth is about 15NM off the French coast, which to my mind would be a better way to describe it.
However, that seems an unlikely place to be if coming from Carib to SWUK, so maybe not. However, on an approx route, 80NM DTG would be south of Scilly/Land's End, so that again would be a better way to describe that location; or certainly xx NM south of the Cornish Coast.
Je ne comprends pas.
KAHU (Pleasure Craft) Registered in St Vincent Grenadines - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 0, MMSI 375254400, Call Sign J8Y4524
(I doubt the 200m length though).
Slightly confused by the 80miles off the coast bit though. 80NM south of Plymouth is about 15NM off the French coast, which to my mind would be a better way to describe it.
However, that seems an unlikely place to be if coming from Carib to SWUK, so maybe not. However, on an approx route, 80NM DTG would be south of Scilly/Land's End, so that again would be a better way to describe that location; or certainly xx NM south of the Cornish Coast.
Je ne comprends pas.
Wansworth
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Must be quite upsetting to get so far…..
sarabande
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I expect that the landing party was getting ready, and the shorebased Plod might be picking up links and contact details. Not beyond thebounds of possibilities that a tracker has been attached to the vessel; they are so small nowadays.
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Idle thoughts, perhaps they were always doomed, to be caught, a diversion for an even bigger cargo being shipped into the EU, UK.
Wansworth
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Off the coast of Spain and quite deep into the Atlantic Spanish forces board ships,some say rival gangs give tip offs
emandvee44
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Well the NCA, Border force and AFP can have a celebration in the Clovelly Bay Inn- - it is a stone's throw from the boat ?
PS where do the AFP come into the equation?
M.
PS where do the AFP come into the equation?
M.
Bajansailor
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This is interesting - I remember seeing Kahu here, and Marinetraffic notes that she left here (Speightstown - she was at Port St Charles marina) on the 22nd August.
The BBC article mentions that she is flagged in Jamaica, and there is a Jamaican ensign on her stern in the photo of her with Searcher alongside her, but Marinetraffic notes her registry as St Vincent.
If you look at the past track on Marinetraffic, she was sailing up channel, and appears to have been intercepted by the authorities about 30 miles north of Alderney (as she then makes an abrupt course change to the north, and then a bit later west towards Plymouth).
KAHU (Pleasure Craft) Registered in St Vincent Grenadines - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 0, MMSI 375254400, Call Sign J8Y4524
She took approx 17 days to cover 4,000 miles, so an average speed of about 10 knots which sounds about right.
Maybe she took a little 'diversion' at some stage to pick up her cargo - I very much doubt that she picked it up here, and they would not have run the risk of calling in here with that amount of cocaine on board if they had (eg) loaded their cargo in somewhere like Columbia.
There again, maybe they needed to top up bunkers after a long haul from Columbia prior to the Atlantic passage, and Barbados seemed like a good place to do so......
The Authorities might even have been keeping tabs on her ever since she loaded her cargo in the Caribbean, and were waiting for her to arrive in Britain, rather than arresting her out here (?)
The BBC article mentions that she is flagged in Jamaica, and there is a Jamaican ensign on her stern in the photo of her with Searcher alongside her, but Marinetraffic notes her registry as St Vincent.
If you look at the past track on Marinetraffic, she was sailing up channel, and appears to have been intercepted by the authorities about 30 miles north of Alderney (as she then makes an abrupt course change to the north, and then a bit later west towards Plymouth).
KAHU (Pleasure Craft) Registered in St Vincent Grenadines - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 0, MMSI 375254400, Call Sign J8Y4524
She took approx 17 days to cover 4,000 miles, so an average speed of about 10 knots which sounds about right.
Maybe she took a little 'diversion' at some stage to pick up her cargo - I very much doubt that she picked it up here, and they would not have run the risk of calling in here with that amount of cocaine on board if they had (eg) loaded their cargo in somewhere like Columbia.
There again, maybe they needed to top up bunkers after a long haul from Columbia prior to the Atlantic passage, and Barbados seemed like a good place to do so......
The Authorities might even have been keeping tabs on her ever since she loaded her cargo in the Caribbean, and were waiting for her to arrive in Britain, rather than arresting her out here (?)
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lustyd
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It also said north of Guernsey which is slightly confusing. The part that caught me was "In international waters" which would imply there was no jurisdiction to board the vessel anyway, surely that would then lead to the case being kicked out with Border Force facing piracy charges? Maybe that's the plan, Border Force are actually the ones importing the drugs and have some nice loopholes to get the stuff ashore. BF certainly seem well funded, and act like they are part of a cartel...
DFL1010
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A bit like saying I'm 3,500 ENE of New York. It's true*, but more useful to say I'm in Falmouth.
Regarding the jurisdiction bit, maybe that's why they waited until they were just of the Ch Islands - waiting for them to leave French waters.
* Probably not true, but you know what I mean.
Regarding the jurisdiction bit, maybe that's why they waited until they were just of the Ch Islands - waiting for them to leave French waters.
* Probably not true, but you know what I mean.
Bajansailor
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Minerva
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Haud on one wee minute. Surely lesson one on the drug smuggling for dummy’s course would be to ensure all tracking/AIS is turned off so that the relevant authorities cannot track your progress and lay in wait to intercept you?
something doesn’t pass the sniff test here [pun Intended]
something doesn’t pass the sniff test here [pun Intended]
DFL1010
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I don't know about that. Given the size of the vessel, AIS would likely be required. It'd look suss if they didn't have it on, so that'd draw attention to themselves.
Also, they'd only be sat in wait if they had intel that a specific boat was carrying something naughty, in which case turning off the AIS would probably not be sufficient to evade detection.
johnalison
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Sounds like viago's part of the world. Perhaps he knows something.
Bajansailor
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The Daily Fail has gone to town on this story
Brit busted on yacht off coast of Plymouth with £160m worth of cocaine
Brit busted on yacht off coast of Plymouth with £160m worth of cocaine
pyrojames
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Not true!
That would put you in the centre of Sweden. More accurately, you are 2960 miles East by north of New York!?Wansworth
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Looks like a very rolly sort of boat
Wansworth
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A good few years back whilst refueling in Vigo I saw a large motor vessel flying a British flag.I went on board and called but there was no answer.Several weeks later I see it’s been under observation for drug smuggling.Then I get a visit from the guardia civil who wanted me to accompany them to the station ‘ refuesedan demanded to speak to their chief whichI did the next day,very polite conversation but no mention of drugs.I suspectI was observered by undercover agents.??
