Cruise ship passengers busted for smuggling $2.6 million worth of cocaine in chip bags, bowls
The National Crime Agency (NCA) of the U.K. announced on Thursday that six men and six women were arrested in Portugal on March 24 for the suspected drug smuggling, The Telegraph reports. The Opera had sailed from the Caribbean to the city of Funchal on the island of Madeira.
Nearly 40 pounds of cocaine was reportedly stashed in bags of chips and ceramic bowls that were inside suitcases.
The National Crime Agency said six of the people arrested had recently traveled to the island from the UK and were due to travel from Madeira to parts of Europe. Others were passengers on the cruise. All twelve people were detained and awaiting prosecution in Portuguese courts.The agency said the suspects are between the ages of 20 and 52.
Representatives of the cruise line did not immediately return a Fox News request for comment, but Newsweek quoted a spokesman saying, “[MSC Cruises has] closely cooperated with the relevant local authorities for the successful completion of a drug trafficking operation regarding the smuggling by passengers of illegal substances onboard MSC Opera.
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