Tag: Marshall Islands

Ghost boat with nearly 650kg of cocaine washes up on remote Pacific island

Post author By TPE admin
Post date December 17, 2020

Police in the Marshall Islands have found precious cargo, drugs in an abandoned boat that washed up ashore. The vessel drifted across the Pacific Ocean from Latin America, spending probably months in the rough seas. Authorities found 649 kilogram of cocaine that’s estimated to have a street value of USD $80 million. Police said the […]

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Remote Marshall Islands records its first coronavirus cases

Post author By TPE admin
Post date October 29, 2020

The Marshall Islands, one of the last few places in the world untouched by Covid-19, has recorded its first two positive cases of the virus. The government of the remote Pacific archipelago said two workers at a US base had tested positive after arriving from Hawaii on Tuesday. The pair flew in on a military […]

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