October 14, 2021
I told you we live in Guy Ritchie’s movie. 2.0.
Nine guys were discovered suffering from respiratory issues after being
trapped inside a container in Rotterdam in early October. The duration
of their stay in the container was unknown. The spokeswoman for
Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam claimed that the men broke in to retrieve
a narcotics consignment. The container itself was packed with tree
trunks. The group of men, aged 18 to 23, were examined by ambulance
personnel before taking them into custody. The largest Dutch newspaper
agency De Telegraaf reported that in September itself, 110 individuals
were apprehended over 10 days while attempting to recover narcotics
stashed in containers at the port of Rotterdam. On September 11 alone,
the publication reported, 25 offenders were apprehended.
According
to Port Police Chief Jan Janse, one common tactic employed by drug
cartels is to drive a container filled with people into the port. The
driver then dumps the container closest to where the narcotics are
concealed, allowing them to pick up the drugs later. Officials
frequently discover containers stocked with food and sleeping spaces
that gangs use to conceal themselves until they can retrieve the
narcotics.
Meanwhile...
Drug cartels in Central American
have developed a sleek new smuggling vehicle that is practically
impossible for law enforcement to track by radar. The criminals have
replaced older, slow boats with sleek 'Picuda' models that are long,
thin and can confound detection methods. Picudas can go as much as
twice as fast as traditional smuggling vessels while carrying around a
one ton of illegal drugs each.
The covert trips, made after dark,
often take the smugglers from Colombia, and had on from there to Costa
Rica, Honduras or Jamaica to unload their cargo to be sold off.
Whereas the trips used to take three days in the older speed boats,
they can now be finished in two. The new boats also have a more
efficient design, which means they use less fuel, saving money and
making room for more illegal drugs. By employing fiberglass as the sole
building material for the hulls - rather than just parts as before -
the boats have also been made practically impervious to radar,
confounding Coast Guard authorities who try to catch them.
The boats, which measure 32-38ft long, are usually equipped with three separate 200 horsepower engines.
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