A yacht that was seized half a mile off the Welsh coast carrying hundreds of kilograms of cocaine worth at least £20m is going up for auction. The vessel, the Sy Atrevido, was stopped in August 2019 after National Crime Agency (NCA) intelligence identified it as carrying a large drugs shipment from South America.
Packages of white power were found stashed around the yacht and forensic tests have established the substance to be cocaine. At least 250kg of the Class A drug was found – with a wholesale value to criminals of around £8m and a potential street value of up to £20m.
Six people were arrested following the discovery, which is thought to have been one of the biggest drugs busts in years by the NCA. Read More: Yacht carrying cocaine worth up to £60m intercepted off Welsh coast
