Two men, a 43-year-old Estonian and a 64-year-old Latvian, were on April 23, indicted on charges of drug trafficking in an organized gang and participation in a criminal association.
The men were arrested after their sailboat was intercepted by the VentĂ´se of the Armed Forces in the Antilles (FAA)Â on the high seas, east of Saint Lucia.
After a thorough search, 210 kilos of cocaine were discovered within the structure of the boat and seized by the FAA.
The two now face a sentence of 30 years of criminal imprisonment.
Since the beginning of the year, French authorities have seized more than 5 tonnes of narcotics following the coordination of services within the framework of the State’s action at sea in the West Indies.