610 kg of cannabis resin seized in a container at Fort-de-France port
French customs officers checking containers at Fort-de-France's Pointe des Grives terminal found 610 kg of cannabis resin in bags hidden in a shipment from Le Havre on 10 August 2023. The drugs were handed to the OFAST anti-narcotics office for destruction and an investigation was opened to find those behind the shipment.
🇫🇷 Pointe des Grives container terminal, Port of Fort-de-France, Martinique · France
Customs officers at Fort-de-France found 610 kg of cannabis resin in several
bags hidden inside a container on the morning of Thursday 10 August 2023.[1]The Fort-de-France customs brigade made the find during container checks at the
Pointe des Grives port terminal.[1]The container had come from Le Havre.[1]The 610 kg haul was the largest cannabis resin seizure of the year, and possibly
the largest ever made at Fort-de-France.[1]
The seizure resulted from investigations by the DNRED, France’s national customs
intelligence and investigation directorate, rather than a chance find.[1]Investigators believe the resin was loaded at Le Havre with the rip-off
technique, in which traffickers put drugs into a container of legal goods after
it has been closed, for accomplices at the arrival port to recover them.[1]
The resin was handed to the OFAST anti-narcotics office and was to be destroyed,
and an investigation was opened to identify those who ordered and were to
receive it.[1]Anti-drug services have recorded a resurgence of trafficking
between French ports, notably Le Havre and Fort-de-France.[1]
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RCIrci.fmFRUne saisie de 610 kilos de résine de cannabis sur le port de Fort-de-France
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No arrests, charges or named suspects were reported; the investigation was opened to identify those who ordered and were to receive the resin.
The description of the haul as the largest of the year, and possibly the largest ever at Fort-de-France, is RCI's own reporting rather than a quoted official statement.
No street value for the 610 kg was published.
The article records only the weight of the resin; it does not state how many bags made up the 610 kg.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in RCI: In Martinique, one kilo of cannabis resin is traded for one kilo of cocaine.
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