More than 100 kg of cocaine at the bottom of the Gulf of Gdansk
Officers of the Maritime Unit of the Border Guard have smashed an organised criminal group involved in smuggling large quantities of drugs. They secured over 100 kg of cocaine, which could have reached the black market value of up to PLN 60 million. Seven people were detained in the case.
The investigation was initiated by the Pomeranian Branch of the Department for Organised Crime and Corruption of the National Public Prosecutor’s Office in Gdańsk, entrusting it to officers of the Operational and Investigative Unit of the Maritime Branch of the Border Guard.
Disclosure of such a large-scale drug smuggling to Poland was the result of a coordinated action by officers of the Maritime Unit of the Border Guard, international partners under the auspices of Europol and the DEA and under the supervision of the National Public Prosecutor’s Office.
The disclosed crime was related to activities carried out by MOSG officers within the framework of activities related to the protection of critical infrastructure, which consequently led to the disclosure of the crime, identification and arrest of perpetrators. Narcotics were taken from the seabed in the area of the Gulf of Gdańsk. Execution activities carried out simultaneously in established places of residence of group members led to securing evidence of the committed crime, including further considerable amounts of drugs.
The detainees were charged with participation in an organised criminal group, marketing substantial amounts of drugs and importing them into the territory of the Republic of Poland, which is punishable by imprisonment of between 3 and 20 years. Against four key members of the group, the Gdańsk Południe District Court in Gdańsk, upon the motion of the National Public Prosecutor’s Office, applied preventive measures in the form of temporary arrest for a period of three months.
The case is of a developing character. Further detentions in this case are not excluded.
Source: PortalMorski.pl
