BOSTON – Federal prosecutors in Boston say two men face drug charges after the Coast Guard found them allegedly transporting about $20 million in cocaine on a sailboat in international waters about 400 nautical miles east of the U.S.
The U.S. Attorney’s office said Hicham Ramzi Nahra, 27, of Canada, and Benjamin Celma-Sedo. 49. of Spain, were charged in a criminal complaint Friday with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Prosecutors say the men had about 621 kilograms on the boat Callisto, bound for Montreal. It’s not immediately known if the men have attorneys.
The Coast Guard Cutter Dependable found the 49-foot boat, carrying the name Elegrance and flying a Canadian flag, on Monday. Canadian authorities discovered it wasn’t a Canadian vessel.
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