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Izikhwama ezivaliwe eziqukethe inani 2.3 amathani e-cocaine zigezekile ogwini olusenyakatho yeFrance ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, kusho umthombo onolwazi ngalokhu okutholakele ngoLwesine.
Lesi sidakamizwa sitholakale emaphaketheni amabili angangeni manzi ogwini lwaseNormandy English Channel, esisodwa ngeSonto nesinye ngoLwesithathu, kusho umthombo utshela i-AFP.
Isamba senani lomgwaqo le-cocaine lilinganiselwa ku-150 million euros ($159 million).
Kutholwe amakhilogremu angama-850 e-cocaine
NgeSonto, kutholwe izikhwama ezimbalwa ezilinganiselwa kumakhilogremu angu-850 ogwini lolwandle lwase-Reville eduze nechopho elisenyakatho ye-Normandy, kanti ezinye izikhwama eziyisithupha zavela ngoLwesithathu ogwini oluseduze lwase-Vicq-sur-Mer.
Amaphoyisa namanje akwaziwa ukuthi i-cocaine ivelaphi – noma abashushumbisi bayijikijele ngamabomu ukugwema ukuboshwa, noma yaphuma ezikebheni ngesikhathi sezulu esibi, imithombo yophenyo itshele i-AFP.
FUNDA FUTHI: I-France irekhoda igxuma ekubanjweni kwe-cocaine
Iziphathimandla zasolwandle zendawo zithe “ziqaphe ngokukhethekile” endaweni zisebenzisa indiza, azisekho izidakamizwa ezibonwe ngoLwesine ntambama.
Okokugcina lapho umkhumbi omkhulu we-cocaine wakhukhuleka ogwini lwaseFrance kwakungu-2019, lapho kwatholakala amathani angu-1.6 egcwele ogwini lwaseFrance i-Atlantic.
Ukushushumbiswa kwezidakamizwa
NgoLwesithathu, uhulumeni uthe ushaqe amathani angama-27 e-cocaine ngonyaka odlule, okuwukwanda okuphindwe kahlanu kule minyaka engu-10 edlule, njengoba i-Europe ibhekene nokwanda kokushushumbiswa nokusetshenziswa kwalesi sidakamizwa.
Ukuthunjwa kukhuphuke ngamaphesenti amahlanu ngonyaka odlule uma kuqhathaniswa nango-2021, ngokwezibalo zoMnyango Wezangaphakathi, kanti ngaphezu kwesigamu sezidakamizwa zivela eWest Indies kanye nesifunda sase-South America esikhungethwe ubumpofu saseFrance eGuiana.
FUNDA FUTHI: ISpain ishaqa umkhumbi-ngwenya ogcwele ‘amathani amaningana’ e-cocaine
Njengoba uhwebo olungekho emthethweni seludlondlobele, iningi le-cocaine manje selingena e-Europe ngamachweba asenyakatho njengeRotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg kanye neLe Havre yaseFrance.
