TRINIDADIAN Coast Guard members of the Organised Crime and Intelligence Unit (OCIU) and Point Fortin Police, led by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ramphal, went to Atlantic, Point Fortin, to try to retrieve a “suspicious attachment” from a ship which docked at the port shortly after noon on Wednesday.

That attachment turned out to be several packages with an estimated $120M worth of cocaine.

The ship, believed to have come from Spain, was picked up on the radar with a rope tied to the attachment, dragging in the water.

The authorities were notified and reported to the scene, which is in close proximity to where the LNG tanks are located. The captain and crew were detained.

A senior officer attached to the South Western Division told Newsday that divers from the Coast Guard retrieved the cocaine. (Newsday)