Five defendants after record discovery of 150 kilograms of cocaine under cocaine boat at Husnes in Western Norway – news Vestland

It will soon be a year since 150 kilos of cocaine were found underwater in Husnes. This is the largest drug discovery in Western Norway ever. The drug was attached to the hull of a cargo ship. It was located at a port that receives raw materials by ship from South America. Now four men and one woman are charged with serious drug offences. The penalty under special circumstances is 21 years’ imprisonment. All five are in custody. – They are charged with what is called a very serious offense involving drugs as part of an organized criminal group, says police attorney Jørgen Henriksen to news. This means that they are prosecuted for the so-called “mafia paragraph”. Here the ship was docked at Husnes. Photo: Henriette Hurlen / news The defendants come from Albania. Six people were charged, but one of them died in prison. Defending Kai Inge Gavle says that his client pleads not guilty. news has tried to contact the other defenders in the case, so far without a response. Bergens Tidende reported on the indictment first. news can confirm the information. Start with a suspicion Husnes is a small industrial town with just over 2,000 inhabitants. Norwegian authorities have long considered it possible that illegal goods have been smuggled in here, but until 13 April had not managed to find anything. Then the Customs Service suspected that something was afoot: on March 28, the ship “Nordloire” left the port at Hydro’s facility in the north of Brazil. For the next two weeks, the ship is in transit across the Atlantic, on its way to Norway13. April, the ship arrives at Husnes. Here the police go into action and find over 100 kilos of cocaine Visualization: Anders Nøkling The action took place against the background of a completely normal customs control in another city in Norway. Vigilant publicans suspected that something was not right. They found something they suspected could be used for smuggling in the near future. In the end, the Customs Agency, in collaboration with the police and the Coast Guard, managed to identify a cargo ship on its way to Norway as a potential means of transport for drugs. It led to the largest cocaine seizure ever in Western Norway. For the first time, the Customs Agency found drugs attached to a ship. The case will be heard in Hordaland District Court on 6 May.



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