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French Coast Guard: World Customs Organization

World Customs Organization: The investigation was led by Interpol while the Caribbean council and the World Customs Organization also partnered in the anti-smuggling operation, which was supported by the French Coast Guard and the Mounties, according to Times Colonist. The operation seized roughly US$822 million in drugs and led to 142 arrests, law enforcement authorities in Europe announced and KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have lent a helping hand to an international police operation in the Caribbean and Central America that seized hundreds of millions of dollars of cocaine and other drugs. "Disrupting this activity is not only critical for the source and transit countries of these drugs and weapons, but also for the destination countries such as Canada," RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson said in a Tuesday statement from Ottawa. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.