# Shipping containers the preferred way of moving drugs

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipping-containers-the-preferred-way-of-moving-drugs/56059>\
**Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\
**Created:** [July 17, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipping-containers-the-preferred-way-of-moving-drugs/56059 "2020-07-17T11:28:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lee\_Shore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Lee\_Shore](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lee_Shore)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipping-containers-the-preferred-way-of-moving-drugs/56059/1 "2020-07-17T11:28:38Z")

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The bulk of northbound cocaine from South America, Central America and Mexico is no longer bound for the US. Instead, it is shipped across the pond in containers to destinations that return bigger profits.

> **[3 things 'ZeroZeroZero' gets right about the cocaine trade](https://theconversation.com/3-things-zerozerozero-gets-right-about-the-cocaine-trade-135289)**
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> The federal government's fight against cocaine distribution wrongly assumes that it's all destined for the US.

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**Author:** ![Kennebec\_Captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/kennebec_captain/32/13_2.png) [@Kennebec\_Captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Kennebec_Captain)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/shipping-containers-the-preferred-way-of-moving-drugs/56059/2 "2020-07-17T11:53:31Z")

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At least with a container it doesn’t require sending someone aboard ship and looking for the drugs.

> **[Cocaine hidden in coal: traffickers use special equipment](https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2020/30253/cocaine-hidden-coal-traffickers-use-special-equipm/)**
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> Dutch media reported cocaine bust last week on board of a bulk carrier, which arrived to Ghent Belgium from Barranquilla, Colombia. Black ...

> **[Cocaine found in bulk carrier hold, hidden in coal, Mexico](http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/07/13/cocaine-found-in-bulk-carrier-hold-hidden-in-coal-mexico/)**
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> Mexico law enforcement teams found 3 sacks with total 140 packages containing 162 kilo of cocaine, in a cargo hold of bulk carrier ES JUPITER, at Lazaro Cardenas port. The ship arrived at Lazaro Ca…