Cruise news (drugs-tagged)
- Accidents
Another drug bust on MSC Seaside: 2 passengers arrested for smuggling 12 kilos of cocaine
Police at the port of Marseille (France) have arrested 2 passengers on the MSC Cruises' ship MSC Seaside who were reportedly carrying a total of 12...
April 14, 2022 - Accidents
10 passengers on MSC Seaside arrested for attempting to smuggle 54 kilos of cocaine
The Spanish authorities arrested 10 passengers sailing on MSC Cruises' ship MSC Seaside for attempting to smuggle a total of 54 kilos of cocaine...
April 14, 2022 - Accidents
Tahitian cruise ship passenger arrested in Raiatea (French Polynesia) with 21+ kg of drugs worth US...
The French Polynesian border police seized ~US$50 million worth of methamphetamine drugs onboard a HAL-Holland America cruise ship arriving from the...
March 24, 2022 - Accidents
445 kg of cocaine seized, slaughtered sailor found on containership MSC Adelaide
400+ kilograms of cocaine were seized in Port Genova (Italy), hidden in a TEU-container loaded with coffee from Brazil. In addition to drugs, a 50...
February 8, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Illegal drugs seized on Cordelia Cruises' ship Empress at Port Mumbai India
India's NCB-Narcotics Control Bureau raided Cordelia Cruises' Empress ship (fka Empress of the Seas) at Port Mumbai India and reportedly...
October 4, 2021 - Accidents
31+ kg/69+ pounds of cocaine discovered on a Royal Caribbean/Celebrity cruise ship
Royal Caribbean cruise ship's security services have discovered 69.5 pounds of cocaine onboard the vessel last week. They've turned over the haul to...
June 14, 2021 - Accidents
Drugs Worth GBP 50,000 Seized at Ferry Terminal in Aberdeen
Two Glaswegians were charged in connection with a GBP 50,000 haul of heroin after a series of drug busts in Port Aberdeen over the weekend. The drugs...
April 29, 2019 - Accidents
16 Cruise Passengers Arrested with 306 kg of Cocaine on Costa Favolosa
Sixteen passengers from a Costa Cruises ship were arrested on Wednesday, March 27 for drug smuggling in the port of Santos, Brazil. According to...
March 29, 2019 - Accidents
12 Arrested After GBP 2 million of Cocaine Was Found in Cruise Ship Crisps
Two British citizens are among twelve suspected smugglers who were arrested after more than GBP 2 million of cocaine was seized onboard an MSC...
March 29, 2019 - Accidents
Cruise Passengers Try to Smuggle Drugs on Miami Ship
Two travelers from Washington D.C. were arrested on Sunday, February 3, after trying to smuggle drugs in their luggage onboard a cruise ship docked...
February 5, 2019 - Accidents
Over 2 Tonnes of Pure Cocaine (EUR 500 million) Seized in the Port of Genoa
Italian police on Thursday, January 31, announced they had seized over 2 tonnes of pure cocaine from Colombia in the largest drug bust in Italy...
January 31, 2019 - Accidents
Six Packages of Cocaine Found Aboard MSC Divina
A review of an MSC Cruises ship heading for Miami, Florida led to the discovery of 6 packages of cocaine hidden in the vessel's storage...
January 31, 2019 - Accidents
EDM Cruisers Caught Smuggling Drugs
For the 2nd year in a row, an EDM party cruise which disembarked from Port Canaveral FL ended with drug charges for travelers from across the country...
January 9, 2019 - Accidents
Oceania Riviera Crew Member Arrested for Smuggling Cocaine
Federal agents at PortMiami noticed something weird in the way a crew member walked off Oceania Riviera cruise ship the day after New Year’s...
January 8, 2019 - Accidents
Elderly Couple Arrested on a Caribbean Cruise Ship for Drug Trafficking
An elderly couple were arrested after ‘large amount of cocaine’ had been found in their luggage as both returned from a Caribbean cruise...
December 10, 2018