cocaine and meth
(Pacific RNZ) — Monday, August 4, 2025 — Authorities in French Polynesia are claiming another "historic" drug haul for a total €331 million street value.
The catch initially took place on 14 July in Nuku Hiva (Marquesas Islands, about 1,400km North of Tahiti), aboard a transiting sailboat traveling...

![Seized drugs — 1,646kg of cocaine and 232kg of methamphetamine — part of the drug haul found onboard a transiting sailboat traveling from Mexico and believed to be headed to Australia via the Kingdom of Tonga. French Polynesia, as well as other Pacific countries and territories (Samoa, Fiji, Tonga), has been identified as a major transit point of the so-called “Drugs Highway” from North and South America (the United States, Mexico, Columbia, Ecuador, Panama) to major markets such as Australia, New Zealand and Asia. [Photo: Comgend Polynésie française OFAST] SEIZED DRUGS](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/seized_drugs.jpeg?itok=INeHMuf8)