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Feds seized 13 kg of cocaine from cruise ship at SF Pier 35!

Today, federal agents announced that they seized 13 kg (about 29 pounds) of cocaine on a cruise ship that docked at Pier 35 in San Francisco on January 25, 2012. The statement, from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), said that a joint operation among federal agencies and local law enforcement led to TWO separate discoveries aboard the ship, which had arrived from Curaçao.

Although CBP spokesperson Edward Low did not release the name of the cruise ship, per agency policy, the berthing schedule of the Port of San Francisco listed the ship docked at Pier 35 on January 25, out of Curaçao and bound for Honolulu, was the Aurora.

In a routine inspection of the vessel, similar to searches conducted on all vessels that arrive in San Francisco from foreign countries., federal agents found seven kilos of coke in the cabin of Ahmed Rachid, an Australian national, according to CBP. Five more kilos of cocaine were discovered in the cabin of Tony Wilkinson and Kirstie Harris, citizens of New Zealand. All three people were arrested.

Customs inspectors told San Francisco TV station KTVU that the 13 kg of cocaine, about 28.6 pounds, had an estimated value of $915,000!

An agent told KTVU that it had been several years since they have had ANY type of seizure on a cruise ship.

-Bill at

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