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Drug bust on luxury yacht

The 'Kahu' was seized by the British National Crime Agency (NCA) on Sep 9, 2021, during a massive drug bust operation leading to the seizure of more than two tonnes of cocaine. The luxury yacht was intercepted about 80 miles from the port of Plymouth by officers of the NCA, Border Force, and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in the international waters north of Guernsey. The interception concluded with the seizure of a large quantity of type A drugs, worth $221 million, found as hundreds of sealed packages inside several black sports bags. The group of six men on board the vessel, including one Briton and five Nicaraguans, all aged between 24 to 49, have been arrested on the suspicions of drug trafficking by NCA. The raid was carried out on basis of initial intelligence inputs and evidence provided by AFP from a sting operation named Ironside. The Border Force had monitored the yacht's movements from its cutter 'Searcher' and a coastal patrol vessel. She had left Barbados 18 days ago after which it sailed from the Caribbean towards Europe. The vessel was also monitored for suspicious activities through satellites during its journey across the Atlantic under the operation Ironside. The six arrested men were under the custody of NCA, awaiting interviews by officials as part of the investigation into charges of smuggling. The yacht has been taken to Plymouth on Sep 10 for a deeper search by the British police.