A Polish Steamship crew have thwarted a drug-smuggling attempt on their bulker in Brazil.
The G1 website reported that Brazilian police seized half a tonne of cocaine found by the seafarers on the 80,000-dwt Jawor (built 2010) while the vessel was at anchor off Itaqui in Maranhao state.
Police said the drugs were discovered shortly before the Bahamas-flagged bulker moored in the port.
Polish Steamship spokesman Krzysztof Gogol told the Polish Press Agency that crew members found several 40 kg packages of the drug, wrapped in black plastic.
It is believed they were planted on the ship at night using a small boat.
The haul was the largest ever found in the state.
