French navy snipers sink cocaine smuggling boat off West Africa coast
French navy snipers fired on a cocaine-smuggling boat in the Atlantic in October, marking Europe's first military strike against drug traffickers on the "cocaine highway" off West Africa. The operation disabled a go-fast vessel carrying 2.5 tonnes of cocaine using shots into its engines. European antidrug officials are pushing to expand military tactics against surging narcotics trafficking to the continent.
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Published 17 Jul 2026, 19:26 UTC · Updated 17 Jul 2026, 19:30 UTC
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