{"id":218021,"date":"2024-06-13T07:51:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T11:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=218021"},"modified":"2024-06-13T08:57:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T12:57:59","slug":"cbp-finds-450-pounds-of-cocaine-concealed-in-a-container-chassis-in-puerto-rico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/06\/13\/cbp-finds-450-pounds-of-cocaine-concealed-in-a-container-chassis-in-puerto-rico\/","title":{"rendered":"CBP finds 450 pounds of cocaine concealed in a container chassis in Puerto Rico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/204-kilos-cocaina-barco-desde-RD-El-Nacional-1024x577.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-218098\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/204-kilos-cocaina-barco-desde-RD-El-Nacional-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/204-kilos-cocaina-barco-desde-RD-El-Nacional-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/204-kilos-cocaina-barco-desde-RD-El-Nacional-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/204-kilos-cocaina-barco-desde-RD-El-Nacional.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers found 450 pounds (204 kilograms) of cocaine concealed within a container chassis inside the M\/V Blue Wave, a bulk carrier ship arriving Tuesday, 11 June 2024 from the Dominican Republic. The estimated value of the contraband is US$4 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 11th, the San Juan A-TCET Vessel Search Team boarded the vessel at Pier 15 for a walk-through inspection. Officers found anomalies within the chassis of a container scheduled for unlading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a more intrusive inspection, the officers found 183 bricks composed of a white powdery substance that tested positive to the properties of cocaine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US Homeland Security is in charge of the investigation of the cargo on board the Cyprus-flag ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a previewlistener=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/elnacional.com.do\/puerto-rico-decomisan-204-kilos-cocaina-valorados-en-us4-millones-en-barco-procedente-de-rd\/\">El Nacional <\/a><br><a previewlistener=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/local-media-release\/cbp-finds-450-pounds-cocaine-concealed-container-chassis-puerto-rico\">CBP <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinetraffic.com\/en\/ais\/details\/ships\/shipid:122892\/mmsi:209722000\/imo:9453377\/vessel:BLUE_WAVE\">Marine Traffic <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13 June 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers found 450 pounds (204 kilograms) of cocaine concealed within a container chassis inside the M\/V Blue Wave, a bulk carrier ship arriving Tuesday, 11 June 2024 from the Dominican Republic. The estimated value of the contraband is US$4 million. On June 11th, the San Juan A-TCET Vessel Search &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/06\/13\/cbp-finds-450-pounds-of-cocaine-concealed-in-a-container-chassis-in-puerto-rico\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[330,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218021"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218021"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218100,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218021\/revisions\/218100"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}