The drugs had a street value estimated at more than $2 million, police said.
An alleged drug smuggling operation onboard a cruise ship was dismantled this week after police found a stash of cocaine hidden in bowls and chip bags.
All suspects were aged between 20 and 52 years old. Six of the suspects recently arrived on the Portuguese island from the U.K. and were planning to disperse across Europe, the NCA said. Police said chip bags were used in the drug smuggling operation. 12 suspects have been detained. National Crime Agency
Back in May 2010, the U.K. Border Agency detained seven people—two Lithuanian men, one Lithuanian woman, two Latvian men and two Latvian women—for trying to smuggle 35 kilograms of cocaine via the same MSC Opera. The suspects, who had been posing as tourists, were arrested during a search of the ship at Dover. The cruise had been traveling to Amsterdam from Brazil.
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