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A homemade buoy filled with 1,300 kilos of cocaine. December 8, 2014. (photo: Politie - Landelijk Eenheid/Twitter) - Credit: A homemade buoy filled with 1,300 kilos of cocaine. December 8, 2014. (photo: Politie - Landelijk Eenheid/Twitter)
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Tuesday, 9 December 2014 - 19:32

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Cocaine worth millions found floating in buoy

Investigators looking into reports of a strange light in the water off the Zeeland coast wound up discovering 1,300 kilograms of cocaine. Packages of the drug were attached to a homemade buoy floating in Westerschelde, the estuary of the Scheldt River, the police announced on Twitter. "It came to light by a light," police said. “As a result of this light the police went to assess the situation and found the shipment at sea with a street value of several million.” Some news reports estimated the value at over ten million euro. “Police are investigating the case, and hope they can identify the suspects.”

De politie heeft de zaak in onderzoek en hoopt de verdachten te kunnen achterhalen. pic.twitter.com/8f397Qz0hv

— Politie Landelijke Opsporing en Interventies (@Pol_Ops_Int) December 9, 2014

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