Drugs bust

[emam]

Not a P&O ship, but I wonder if the drugs were found during scans coming back onto the ship. Do you think they would have let them on-board then travelled to the next port where they would have informed the police.

 

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/

 

 

 

[SquishTheWhale]

Interesting! The article alluded to the fact the police already knew about the drug smuggling operation rather than the ship detecting the drugs, but that could just be the way it was written.

[Clodia]

I wonder if the fact that MSC ships are a bit like ferries in that passengers get on and off at each port makes them more vulnerable to smuggling.

[mercury7289]

Makes buying crisps on board interesting!

[terrierjohn]

1 hour ago, Clodia said:

I wonder if the fact that MSC ships are a bit like ferries in that passengers get on and off at each port makes them more vulnerable to smuggling.

 If indeed luggage faces strict scanning when boarding, then, after seeing how lax it is when coming back on board at normal port stops, I would have thought it easier to smuggle things aboard on port visits.

[Britboys]

4 hours ago, SquishTheWhale said:

Interesting! The article alluded to the fact the police already knew about the drug smuggling operation rather than the ship detecting the drugs, but that could just be the way it was written.

 

I think the fact that 12 people were arrested very much suggests the authorities had some prior knowledge about this ring.

[mercury7289]

Plain, Cheese and Onion or Pot Luck!