The US Navy found more than 30 million euros worth of hashish and methamphetamine on a ship sailing in the Gulf of Oman.
Finland has gained a questionable visibility in the world when it was revealed in a large drug seizure by the United States that thousands of kilograms of drugs were smuggled wrapped in Finnish Juhla Mokka coffee packets.
The US Navy ship USCGC Emlen Tunnell found more than 4,000 kilograms of hashish and 512 kilograms of methamphetamine on a fishing vessel sailing in the Gulf of Oman.
The country’s authorities estimate the value of the drug cargo at 33 million dollars, or slightly more than 30 million euros.
The ship was sailing in international waters.
It was apprehended by US authorities on Monday. The United States participates in the international Combined Task Force operation in the region, whose mission is to monitor compliance with the law.
According to the US Navy (you transfer to another service) in the operation, numerous drug-smuggling ships have been caught.
Ilta-Sanomat was the first to report on the matter.