英国边境部门近日从一艘巴拿马籍货轮上查获价值1.32亿美元的可卡因。

边境部队海事行动负责人查理·伊斯特夫表示，在首都附近的伦敦门户港缴获的2.4吨毒品是该国史上最大宗走私案之一。

这些毒品被藏匿于货轮集装箱底部，据称是英国查获的第六大可卡因走私案。

本月初，专业缉毒人员在情报主导的行动中转移了37个集装箱，最终查获这批毒品。

根据英国国家犯罪调查局数据，该国是欧洲最大的可卡因消费市场之一。

英国政府数据显示，2022至2023年间英格兰和威尔士地区可卡因致死案例激增31%。

联合国毒品和犯罪问题办公室年度《世界毒品报告》指出，可卡因已成为全球增长最快的非法毒品市场。

随着欧洲和南美需求激增，哥伦比亚的可卡因产量大幅攀升。

全球可卡因使用者数量持续增长，从十年前的1700万人增至2023年的2500万人。

移民和公民事务部长西玛·马尔霍特拉表示，贩毒集团试图向英国走私非法物质，导致年轻人成瘾、痛苦乃至死亡。

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英文原文

The U.K.’s border authorities have confiscated ***e worth $132 million from a ship that came from Panama.

The haul of 2.4 tonnes of the drug seized at the London Gateway Port close to the capital was one of the biggest of its kind, said Border Force Maritime director Charlie Eastaugh.



The drug was found under the containers on the ship and is said to be the 6th largest ***e seizure.



Specialist officers had found the shipment earlier this month after they carried out an intelligence-led operation and moved 37 containers to get at the stash.



The U.K is one of the largest European markets for ***e, per the National Crime Agency. The U.K Government says that the ***e linked deaths in Wales and England increased by 31% between 2022 and 2023.



The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime’s (UNODC) annual World Drug Report stated that ***e was the world’s fastest-growing illegal drug market.



The production of the drug in Colombia has soared as the demand for it has increased rapidly in Europe and South America.



The number of ***e users in the world has kept increasing, reaching 25 million people in 2023, up from 17 million a decade ago.



Minister for Migration and Citizenship Seema Malhotra said that drug gangs try to import illegal substances into the U.K and cause death, misery and addiction to the youth.

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