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Smugglers run with two tonnes of cocaine
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Smugglers run with two tonnes of cocaine
April 6, 2007 - news.com.au

POLICE in Guinea-Bissau seized 635kg of cocaine but officers lacked the manpower or vehicles to stop smugglers making off with almost two tonnes more, the UN drugs agency said.

The West African country could become a “narco-state” if international donors do not help it fight drugs trafficking, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa said.

Military and government officials are suspected of involvement in smuggling drugs from Latin America and a policeman who took part in the operation this week said two of the three armed smugglers wore army uniforms.

“It is regrettable that the rest of the consignment was not intercepted but hardly surprising as the police are woefully ill-equipped and often do not even have enough gasoline to operate their vehicles,” Mr Costa said.

Judicial police displayed the packages of cocaine to journalists in the capital Bissau on Wednesday after they were seized at Djugudul, around 50km from the city.

The UNODC said the drugs were part of an estimated 2.5-tonne consignment flown into a military airstrip in the country.

It said there was “evidence that government officials and members of the armed forces were involved in illicit drug trafficking and police attempting to disrupt the trade had been threatened”.

Mr Costa urged the Government to dispose of the drugs properly and not allow them to “disappear” as had happened before.

The former Portuguese colony made its biggest drugs bust last September when police seized 674kg of cocaine with an estimated street value of around $25 million following a tip-off from international police agency Interpol.

But two Colombians suspected of smuggling the drugs walked free just weeks later when a Bissau regional judge ordered their release with no legal explanation, to the embarrassment of the Justice Minister who called the decision “regrettable”.

“I urge Guinea-Bissau's international partners to support the country's police in their efforts to fight drugs and ensure they have basic equipment such as vehicles, fuel and functioning radio systems,” Mr Costa said.

“If support is not forthcoming, I fear that honest police offices could become discouraged.

"This country must not be allowed to become a narco-state.”

UNODC has said international drugs cartels are taking advantage of Guinea-Bissau's corruption, poor policing and remote, inaccessible and island-dotted coastline as a transit route from Latin America to Europe.

Opponents of President Joao Bernardo “Nino” Vieira have seized on the issue, accusing officials in former Prime Minister Aristides Gomes of involvement in drug smuggling.

Mr Gomes was forced to stand down last week after losing a no-confidence vote in Parliament, and Mr Vieira still has to name a successor.

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Re: Smugglers run with two tonnes of cocaine [Re: veggie]
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hilarious... i can't believe that bissau would have a market for coke, but it must be destined for europe or something... I guess they are in tight with brazil, but still, weird... their entire gdp is probably equal to what the US spends on coke in a month.

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