ROME, Aug 9 (Reuters)– Italian authorities claimed on Thursday they discovered 20 tonnes of hash well worth as long as 200 million euros ($ 232 million) in the gas storage tanks of a Panama- flagged ship that was dropped in worldwide waters and also accompanied toSicily

The whole 11-person staff, all from Montenegro, was detained for worldwide medications trafficking, Italy’s financing authorities claimed in a declaration.

The study and also study vessel Remus left the Canary Islands bound for Egypt and also Turkey, however authorities monitoring revealed it had actually shut off its setting transmitter near the coastline of North Africa, elevating private investigators’ uncertainties.

With the authorization of Panamanian authorities, Italian financing authorities took the vessel in worldwide waters on July 31 and also accompanied it toPalermo There the gas storage tanks were drained pipes and also the hash was uncovered covered in secured brownish bags.

“The Mediterranean Sea again is confirmed to be one of the world’s largest arteries for illegal trafficking,” the authorities declaration claimed. “The results of the operation are the fruit of attentive intelligence gathering and analysis of the ship’s routes.”

The North African hashish– pressed cannabis– was possibly predestined for the European market, authorities claimed. Morocco is the globe’s biggest manufacturer of hashish, which is generally smuggled right into Europe with Spain, according the United Nations Office on Drugs and alsoCrime ($ 1 = 0.8630 euros) (Reporting by Steve Scherer, editing and enhancing by Larry King)

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