Another one from Domuschievi's ship arrested for cocaine smuggling.  Where are the Bulgarian owners in the scheme?

The Irish Times has reported that the Gardaí in the Republic of Ireland, investigating the discovery of over €20 million worth of cocaine by Revenue officers aboard the bulk carrier Verilla in Co Limerick, hope that the examination of mobile phones and other communications equipment on the ship may help establish the destination of the drugs.

Customs officers boarded the MV Verila on Tuesday morning, shortly after she docked at Foynes Port on the Shannon Estuary around 10am. With the assistance of sniffer dogs, they found an estimated 300kg of cocaine worth an estimated €21 million.

Customs officers and gardaí were remaining tight-lipped about the operation, but it’s understood that the drugs were found in six separate large packs in a storage area above deck on the 190m long bulk carrier, rather than in the cargo holds of the ship which was carrying grain.

The Garda assisted customs officers throughout Wednesday in the search of the vessel, and seized a number of mobile and satellite phones as well as the ship’s log, manifest and charts. This, gardaí hope, will assist them in trying to determine the ultimate destination for the drugs.

UPDATE

New arrests on the cocaine ship Verilla! 

As BNEWS first wrote, the ship is owned by football boss Domuschiev, but 1/3 of the ship-owning company belongs to the Bulgarian state. Another question is, apart from forgiven debts from her, if and when she received any dividend?! That alone should have flashed into Sarafov's head and he started rummaging through the smelly garbage, but he wouldn't. Silence and festive atmosphere from the prosecutor's office.

A sixth crew member of the Verilla has been arrested in connection with the alleged seizure of multi-million euro worth of cocaine on board the bulk carrier in Foynes, County Limerick, Irish newspaper The Journal reports.

It comes after five men aged 50, 46, 44, 41 and 35 were arrested a few hours earlier in connection with the seizure on board the vessel. The nationality of the sixth person arrested was not mentioned, but there were 17 Bulgarians and one Ukrainian on board.

All six men were taken from the Malta-registered ship Verilla, which has been held under armed guard since it arrived in port on Tuesday (19 December).

The sixth man is 32 years old. All the men are being held by the government's Garda agency in the Limerick area.
They were arrested for an offence of importing controlled drugs in contravention of section 15(b) of the Misuse of Drugs Act, which by law provides for a mandatory sentence of 'imprisonment' if the consignment is worth more than €13,000 .

The men are understood to be held under a provision that allows suspects to be questioned for a maximum of seven days.

It is believed that the confiscated goods are worth around 21 million euros (41.83 million leva) and weigh 300 kg. The Irish newspaper reported that customs authorities were expecting a larger cargo, possibly a tonne when they raided the vessel.

The newspaper has learned of authorities' suspicions that the drugs may be from a South American cartel linked to European drug gangs.

Where are the Bulgarians at a high level in the scheme? The state is still a partner of Domuschievi in ​​the Bulgarian Navy with 30% of the company! The media is silent, the BMF and Domuschievi are silent, and the government of the infamous Sglobka together with I.F. Sarafov - also. They hope the holidays will wash away the scandal.

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