18 mixed cocaine-marijuana bales seized 850 km off Martinique
On 25 September 2024, the French frigate Germinal intercepted an unflagged fast boat about 850 km off Martinique and seized 18 bales of cocaine and marijuana weighing 526 kg combined. The drugs were destroyed under Fort-de-France prosecutor approval in the French forces' 12th Antilles seizure of 2024.
On 25 September 2024, the French Navy surveillance frigate Germinal intercepted
an unflagged fast boat on the high seas about 850 km off Martinique.[1]The
crew acted on information transmitted by Colombia and the United States Joint
InterAgency Task Force-South, which coordinates counter-trafficking assets in
the Caribbean.[1]
Officers recovered 18 bales containing cocaine and marijuana with a combined
weight of 526 kg.[2]The 526 kg figure covers cocaine and marijuana together,
not cannabis alone.[3]In agreement with the Fort-de-France specialised
interregional jurisdiction, all of the seized drugs were destroyed.[2]
French forces described the operation as their 12th drug seizure in the Antilles
in 2024.[1]They said more than 28 tonnes of cocaine had been intercepted
since the start of the year, a total covering cocaine rather than cannabis
alone.[2]
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Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
No source gives a separate weight for the marijuana or a split of the 18 bales between cocaine and marijuana, so the 526 kg combined total is stated only in the text and excluded from cannabis figures.
No crew number, arrests, charges, identities or court outcome were reported.
No exact interception coordinates were published and no direction from Martinique was given, so the map point marks Martinique rather than the high-seas site.
The year-to-date total of more than 28 tonnes covers cocaine intercepted by French Antilles forces, not cannabis alone, and is excluded from cannabis figures.
The text gives a weight ("526 kg") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
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