{"id":7250,"date":"2025-02-19T12:05:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T12:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cocaine-worth-15-million-found-by-divers-at-the-bottom-of-the-baltic-sea\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T12:05:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T12:05:29","slug":"cocaine-worth-15-million-found-by-divers-at-the-bottom-of-the-baltic-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cocaine-worth-15-million-found-by-divers-at-the-bottom-of-the-baltic-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Cocaine worth $15 million found by divers at the bottom of the Baltic Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Divers in Poland discovered more than 220 pounds of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/cocaine\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">cocaine<\/a>\u00a0on the bottom of the Baltic Sea, the nation&#8217;s border guard said on Tuesday, marking the latest unusual location that drugs have been found in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Officers with the Border Guard Maritime Unit located the cocaine on the seabed in the Gulf of Gdansk in northern Poland, officials said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.morski.strazgraniczna.pl\/mor\/aktualnosci\/64598,Udaremniony-przemyt-kokainy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">news release<\/a>.\u00a0 Seven people were detained and the border guard said it had &#8220;dismantled an organized crime group involved in smuggling significant amounts of drugs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Authorities released several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.morski.strazgraniczna.pl\/mor\/aktualnosci\/64598,Udaremniony-przemyt-kokainy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">images<\/a> of the operation and said the seized drugs had an estimated street value of $15 million. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A3DTNazm_IU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">video<\/a> released by the border guard shows divers locating the alleged drugs on the seabed as well footage of armed officers making multiple arrests at various locations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"pl\" dir=\"ltr\">Funkcjonariusze <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MorskiOddzia%C5%82SG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#MorskiOddzia\u0142SG<\/a> rozbili grup\u0119 przest\u0119pcz\u0105 zajmuj\u0105c\u0105 si\u0119 przemytem znacznych ilo\u015bci narkotyk\u00f3w. Zabezpieczyli ponad 1\u20e30\u20e30\u20e3 kg kokainy, kt\u00f3ra mog\u0142a osi\u0105gn\u0105\u0107 czarnorynkow\u0105 warto\u015b\u0107 nawet 6\u20e30\u20e3 mln z\u0142. W sprawie zatrzymano 7\u20e3 os\u00f3b.<br \/>Szczeg\u00f3\u0142y\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eF6cdvBqu8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/eF6cdvBqu8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K2Zqi7n6Er\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/K2Zqi7n6Er<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stra\u017c Graniczna (@Straz_Graniczna) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Straz_Graniczna\/status\/1891760124965888312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">February 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>After the drugs were seized from the Baltic Sea, officials said they were ultimately able to track down the suspects, which led to the discovery of another large quantity of drugs. The seven people detained face up to 20 years in prison if convicted, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery stemmed from a joint operation by the Polish border guard, Europol and the DEA to protect critical underwater infrastructure in the region, authorities said. In December, NATO announced that it would boost patrols in the Baltic Sea after several reported incidents of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/finland-undersea-cables-sabotage-russia-linked-ship-dragged-anchor\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">underwater sabotage<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"cocaine-3-306237.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/19\/9bd7dd5e-30aa-4cde-903c-ab65b7322f80\/thumbnail\/620x349\/42ea1238df1af1416aae09d4e368c68b\/cocaine-3-306237.jpg?v=db3d87ba7bf4d4ff13b65eabcf0d9bea 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/02\/19\/9bd7dd5e-30aa-4cde-903c-ab65b7322f80\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/41bffd19c4e81f3bf727ad37440dfff3\/cocaine-3-306237.jpg?v=db3d87ba7bf4d4ff13b65eabcf0d9bea 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Authorities discovered a haul of cocaine worth $15 million at the bottom of the Baltic Sea, the Poland&#8217;s border guard said on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Poland Border Guard<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cocaine is routinely seized at sea, but usually from drug trafficking vessels like <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/narco-sub-cocaine-first-seizure-2025-colombia\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;narco subs&#8221;<\/a><\/span> in the Pacific and Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>The operation in Poland marks the latest incident of European authorities discovering cocaine in unusual places in recent months. Just last week, authorities in Luxembourg seized almost a ton of cocaine <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cocaine-found-stone-crusher-luxembourg\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">hidden in a stone crushe<\/a><\/span>r. In December, authorities in Spain released video showing the discovery of seven tons of cocaine <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cocaine-buried-farm-spain-video\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">buried underneath a farm<\/a><\/span>. A few weeks before that, police in Spain seized a record haul of cocaine that was concealed in a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/record-cocaine-haul-banana-shipment-spain\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">shipment of bananas<\/a><\/span>\u00a0from Ecuador.<\/p>\n<p>Across the globe, would-be drug smugglers have hidden cocaine in everything from <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/fentanyl-heroin-cocaine-car-muffler-mexico-border\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">car mufflers<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/uruguay-cocaine-hidden-surfboards-bound-for-europe\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">surfboards<\/a><\/span> to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cocaine-hidden-sugar-biggest-bust-paraguay-operation-sweetness\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">sugar<\/a><\/span> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/meth-cocaine-found-hidden-in-jalapeno-paste-shipment\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">jalapeno peppers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cocaine has been found in the ocean and along coastlines many times before \u2014 especially in Florida. Last August, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/hurricane-debby-cocaine-1-million-onto-florida-beach-us-border-patrol\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Hurricane Debby blew 25 packages of cocaine<\/a><\/span>\u00a0onto a beach in the Florida Keys.\u00a0 A few weeks later, 16 bricks of suspected cocaine was <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cocaine-wash-up-florida-beach-again\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">found by tourists on a beach<\/a><\/span> in the same region.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2024, boaters off the coast of Florida <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/boaters-find-cocaine-floating-off-florida-keys-bald-eagle-designs\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">found 65 pounds of cocaine<\/a><\/span>\u00a0floating in the ocean, and earlier that month,\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/divers-find-cocaine-nike-logos-key-west-florida\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">divers found<\/a><\/span>\u00a025 kilograms of cocaine about 100 feet underwater off Key West.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \"\/><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/stephen-smith\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Stephen Smith<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Stephen Smith is a managing editor for CBSNews.com based in New York. 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