ICE Reports Seizures of 35kg of Cocaine from Cargo Ships at the Port of Norfolk
A Hampton Roads-based multi-agency task force seized about 35 kilograms of cocaine at the Port of Norfolk in the past two weeks in separate drug smuggling ventures, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. On Aug. 4, the task force seized three…
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kilograms of cocaine from a container vessel due into Hampton Roads. The seizure resulted in the arrest of two individuals, neither of whom were ship crewmembers, ICE said. The task force had already seized 32 kilograms of cocaine July 27, hidden in a cargo hold of a vessel arriving into the Port of Norfolk. ICE said it believes the cocaine, which has an estimated street value of $1 million, came from Colombia and was destined for Europe. None of the crewmembers from the ship involved in the July 27 seizure were suspected of being involved and no arrests were made.