Tuesday in a local port (Wharf Jérémie, located in the commune of Cité Soleil), the Brigade for the Fight against Drug Trafficking (BLTS) with the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) of the United States and the United Nations Police (UNPOL) seized 77kg of cocaine and 10kg of heroin on the ship "MV Manzanares" Panamanian flag, which was carrying a cargo of sugar from Colombia. The street value of the seizure is estimated at about 10 million US dollars.
According to Commissioner Garry Desrosiers, Deputy Spokesman of the National Police of Haiti (PNH), several members of the ship's crew have already been arrested, adding that the search was continuing and that it will take a little time to complete the inspection of the ship, which measures 113.2 m X 16.4 m.
