840 kg of cocaine in Sejerø Bay

Source: https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/hvorfor-drev-840-kilo-narko-i-land-ved-sjaellands-odde-her-er-et-bud

Why did 840 kg of drugs wash ashore at Sjællands Odde?

Here’s a theory:
Cartels hide drugs among perishable goods, which are not as thoroughly inspected as other cargo.

From Colombia, through the Amazon, out via São Paulo in Brazil to West Africa, then north into the Atlantic Ocean, finally ending in Sejerø Bay and washing ashore at Sjællands Odde in Denmark.

This was likely the long journey of the 840 kilos of drugs that the police discovered at Sjællands Odde over the weekend.

Although Danish police don’t know exactly where the drugs were dumped into the sea, large quantities of drugs washing ashore often come from far away, according to Henrik Vigh.

He is a professor and head of the Center for Global Criminology at the University of Copenhagen and has conducted field research on the trafficking routes of drugs to Denmark.

He explains that the 18 large sports bags containing cocaine and other substances, tied together with lights and life vests, most likely originated in South America.

– “In criminology, we call it ‘drift cocaine,’ the drug equivalent of driftwood. A container ship dumps the drugs into the water with a GPS tracker, which communicates with a smaller boat meant to retrieve it,” he told P1 Morgen.

– “But the GPS signal was likely detached due to currents and weather. This has been happening in several locations along Europe’s coasts recently.”

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