NEWS FEATURE | Into the murky world where the Bulgarian mafia, a Cape ship and a R600m cocaine haul collide
No-one’s talking but something’s extremely fishy after a massive drug bust in Saldanha Bay
11 March 2021 - 20:10
The Windward started her life as a fishing trawler in 1974 in the Dutch port city of Zaandam, providing a means for her crew to earn an honest day’s wage. Three name changes, two paint jobs, and 47 years later she and her Bulgarian and Myanmarese operators stand accused of smuggling nearly a ton of cocaine into SA...
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