FEDS
SEIZE CARGO SHIP BELONGING TO JP MORGAN AFTER 20 TONS OF COCAINE IS SEIZED, by7/12/19
Federal agents
discovered a large scale cocaine shipment of 20 tons worth 1 billion dollars on
a ship owned by JP Morgan Assets.
The ship initially sailed from Chile and had stopped at
Peru, Panama, and the Bahamas before sailing to Philadelphia. Authorities
arrested and charged eight of the crew members with drug trafficking
conspiracy, while the investigation is ongoing. The men are described as Serbian and
Samoan.
The feds have now seized the ship and if
let to stand will sell it and pocket the money. And it doesn’t matter if JP
Morgan knew of the smuggling or not. It is the largest seizure in
history. No word on the value of the ship.
No doubt, this will go to court for a
final decision. The amount of cocaine seized is also an all-time record.
From Breitbart News - The seizure took place this week when the U.S.
Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania announced that U.S. Customs and Border Protection formally seized
the MSC Gayane, after prosecutors filed a series of court documents. The ship
is owned by JP Morgan Asset Management and chartered to the container ship operator MSC, The Wall
Street Journal reported.
“A seizure of a vessel this massive is complicated and unprecedented –
but it is appropriate because the circumstances here are also
unprecedented. We found nearly 20 tons of cocaine hidden on this ship,”
said U.S. Attorney William McSwain. “When a vessel brings such an outrageous
amount of deadly drugs into Philadelphia waters, my Office and our agency partners
will pursue the most severe consequences possible against all involved parties
in order to protect our district – and our country.”
The seizure comes weeks after a June 17 raid on board the ship when federal state and local
authorities found 19.76 tons of cocaine, Breitbart News reported. The ship is the largest of its kind ever
seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in the agency’s history, the
amount of seized drugs is also considered record-setting.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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