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| Spanish police interdicts Venezuelan ship with 2500 kilos of cocaine | |
| 2017-05-18 | |
| [ELUNIVERSAL] National Police agents intercepted a ship carrying 2,500 kilos of cocaine in a joint operation of security forces from Spain, the United States, the United Kingdom and Portugal, resulting in seven people captured, daily newspaper ABC reported on Monday. The Venezuela-flagged ship was boarded in high sea with the help of the Tax Agency staff and was taken to Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Official sources could not specify the destination of the illicit drugs.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 I can. The US Coast Guard can board your boat any time they want, and look anywhere they want, without probable cause or a warrant. They can do this on the open sea, or while you're asleep aboard in your marina at midnight. So yes it is perfectly legal, in international and national waters, even without a warrant or probable cause. In the USA this has always been the case even before the US became the USA. Your fourth amendment rights and your boat So short version, yes the boarding by military (including local coast guard) is perfectly legal. |
| Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-05-18 15:20 |
| #9 One group of ships was armed. One freighter was not. Legal |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-05-18 15:00 |
| #8 Some difference between 'boarded in high seas' and 'on the high sea'. May have been some wave action. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-05-18 14:53 |
| #7 " was boarded in high sea " i.e. Illegally. This is piracy That's an interesting perspective. Can anyone expound on it? |
| Posted by: Crusader 2017-05-18 12:13 |
| #6 Venezuela branching out for other sources of income, huh? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-05-18 10:37 |
| #5 The Narco-Military must be pissed |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-05-18 09:24 |
| #4 " was boarded in high sea " i.e. Illegally. This is piracy |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-05-18 06:14 |
| #3 Those really must have been the "High Seas". |
| Posted by: Canuckistan sniper 2017-05-18 01:36 |
| #2 Gawd-given hair got the sweats. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2017-05-18 01:20 |
| #1 That would have crashed the market price. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2017-05-18 01:15 |