Indian Customs Detains Bulker and Crew After First Dicovery of Cocaine

Indian customs along with the police, drug authority, and security forces, are detaining the crew of a bulker while they investigate the details of a large shipment of cocaine found hidden on the vessel. According to media reports, it is maybe the largest cocaine seizure as well as possibly the first at the Paradip International Container Terminal on the east coast of India along the Bay of Bengal.

The suspicion is that they accidentally intercepted a drug shipment likely heading to Europe.