Spanish Tall Ship Caught Smuggling Drugs

[CJB]

Absolutely appalling. A disgrace to the tall ship community.

http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?&p=spanish+tallship+drugs

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/06/spain-tall-ship-juan-sebastian-elcano-cocaine-drug-trafficking

http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0806/635535-tall-ship-drugs/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2718213/Navy-seizes-127kg-cocaine-aboard-Spanish-Armada-training-ship-allegedly-transported-drugs-Colombia-New-York.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28679908

and more ....

And as is well known the production of cocaine is wrecking the Amazon Rainforest, to say nothing of the violent harassment of the native tribes by criminal drug producing gangs.

I am disgusted.

CJB.

[Bert Olton]

Hello CJB,

That is a shame. Hopefully, the Captain and main crew were not
involved; I haven't read all of your links yet, but from the
information in the first several, it seems that it could just be a small
number of lesser crew members who did this.

The amount of cocaine is not very large compared to what it
could have been If this was a trial run, it didn't work and all may
be well in the future.

On the other hand, if you're being facetious, I won't go on.

As to your comment about the destruction of the Amazon Rain Forest,
that is the first time that I've ever read of anyone citing a cause
other than either Global Warming or American or Chinese greed.

Thanks for the head's up and the links.

Best regards,
Bert

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