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2017-05-18 Caribbean-Latin America

Spanish police interdicts Venezuelan ship with 2500 kilos of cocaine

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Posted by Fred 2017-05-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [15 views ] Top
File under: Narcos

#1 That would have crashed the market price.

Posted by phil_b 2017-05-18 01:15|| 2017-05-18 01:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Gawd-given hair got the sweats.

Posted by Shipman 2017-05-18 01:20|| 2017-05-18 01:20|| Front Page Top

#3 Those really must have been the "High Seas".

Posted by Canuckistan sniper 2017-05-18 01:36|| 2017-05-18 01:36|| Front Page Top

#4 " was boarded in high sea "

i.e. Illegally. This is piracy

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-05-18 06:14|| 2017-05-18 06:14|| Front Page Top

#5 The Narco-Military must be pissed

Posted by Frank G 2017-05-18 09:24|| 2017-05-18 09:24|| Front Page Top

#6 Venezuela branching out for other sources of income, huh?

Posted by DarthVader 2017-05-18 10:37|| 2017-05-18 10:37|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2017-05-18 12:13|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2017-05-18 14:53|| Front Page Top

#9 One group of ships was armed. One freighter was not. Legal

Posted by Frank G 2017-05-18 15:00|| 2017-05-18 15:00|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2017-05-18 15:20|| Front Page Top

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