澳大利亚珀斯地方法院指控两名来自黑山的船员和第三名来自立陶宛的船员走私约850公斤可卡因，价值3.75亿美元。

毒品是在一艘名为圣皮诺的散装货船上缴获的，这艘船悬挂马绍尔群岛的旗帜。据称，这种毒品来自南美洲。

两名海员年龄分别为43岁和39岁，当时在这艘58000 DWT的船上担任船长和轮机长。

警方表示，这两名船员是在珀斯被捕的，而第三名船员是在悉尼试图登机时被捕的。

警方透露，这两人知道这艘散货船上有可卡因，并计划在弗里曼特尔海岸将可卡因交给另一个团伙。

当船接近弗里曼特尔港时，船长告诉其他船员改变航向；然而，据警方称，计划中的交易失败了。

由于毒品藏在船的压载舱里，这些人试图通过在压载舱装满水来隐***品。他们还要求其他船员向船务代理和当局提供虚假信息。

然而，5月31日，澳大利亚警方和边境部队的官员在接到罗特尼斯岛海岸一艘小巡洋舰的求救电话后，发现了29包用蓝色塑料小心包装的可卡因。

压载舱清空后又取出了一个包裹。

据警方报道，每个包裹里都有几个1公斤重的可卡因块。

据称，如果罪名成立，这些人可能面临终身监禁。

另一名船长和轮机长已经登船，当局仍在继续搜寻这艘散货船。

根据有关当局的说法，毒品走私已经成为黑山一些海员的一项有利可图的贸易。

黑山是一个前南斯拉夫共和国，居住着大约63万人口。

它有着丰富的海上贸易历史；

然而，多年来，它一直是毒品和香烟非法贸易的中转站。

根据官方数据，自2018年以来，黑山海员在全球7次不同的警察行动中被捕，涉及没收30多吨毒品。

巴尔干地区的犯罪团伙相当活跃，他们试图通过国际海港将毒品从拉丁美洲贩运到欧洲。其中一些组织拥有全球运营网络。

根据欧洲***组织的数据，这些组织是从拉丁美洲向欧洲国家贩运至少30%可卡因的幕后黑手。

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英文原文

Two Sailors from Montenegro and a third from Lithuania have been charged by the Perth Magistrates Court, Australia, for smuggling around 850 kilograms of ***e worth 375 million US dollars.

The drug was seized from a bulk carrier called St Pinot, sailing under the flag of the Marshall Islands. It is alleged that the drug came from South America.

The two seafarers, aged 43 and 39, were working as Master and Chief Engineer onboard the 58,000 DWT ship.

Police mentioned that the two sailors were nabbed in Perth, while the third member was arrested in Sydney while he was trying to board a flight.

Police revealed that the duo knew about the ***e onboard the bulk carrier and planned to drop it off the coast of Fremantle to another group.

The master told the other crew members to alter their course as the ship reached close to Fremantle Port; however, according to the police, the planned exchange failed.

Since the drugs were hidden in the ship’s ballast tank, the men tried to hide them by filling the tank with water. They also told the other crew members to give false information to the shipping agent and authorities.

However, on 31st May, officers from the Australian Police and Border Force found 29 packages of ***e wrapped carefully in blue plastic after they received an SOS call from a small cabin cruiser off the coast of Rottnest Island.

Another package was obtained once the ballast tank was emptied. Each package had several 1- kilogram ***e blocks, reported the police officials.

It is alleged that the men will probably face life imprisonment if convicted. Another master and chief engineer have boarded the vessel, as authorities have continued the search of the bulk carrier.

Per authorities, drug trafficking has become a profitable trade for some sailors in Montenegro, a former Yugoslav Republic inhabited by around 630,000 people.

It has a rich history of maritime trade; however, for many years, it has functioned as a point of transit for the illegal trade of drugs and cigarettes.

Per official data, since 2018, sailors from Montenegro have been arrested in 7 different police operations worldwide, involving the confiscation of over 30 tonnes of drugs.

Crime Gangs from the Balkan Region are quite active and try to traffic drugs from Latin America to Europe through international Seaports. Some of these groups have a global network of operations.

Per Europol, these groups are behind at least 30% of ***e trafficking from Latin America to European countries.

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