SUN STREAK REPORT - 9026

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CIA-RDP96-00789R000900180008-6
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RIPPUB
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T
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5
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November 4, 2016
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December 4, 1998
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8
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Publication Date: 
May 22, 1990
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2000/08/08: CIA-RDP96-00789i00090016M~g1$%TATES GOVERNMENT 22 MAY 90 DATE: REPLY TOD T-S ATTN OF: SUBJECT SUN STREAK REPORT - 9026 (k : momsm bvrS/A 00 )'Jd 1. (S/STD/NF) On 18 May 1990, four remote c - - -- - t SG1A G i I 4d a ainst the suspected narcotics smuggling vessel known as the - The fift -foot sailing vessel, with a white hull and bearing SG1A Registry Number, departed Cartaiena, Columbia on 8 May SG1A 1990 egroute for the Island of Curacao p4 1' rleowaam eW-18"gi Res We 1 located about 180 miles east of the Peninsula de la Guajara, Columbia. The ultimate destination of the drugs is believed to be somewhere along the southeast coast of the United States. 1T 4-- 47^11~ ' tw ding due northeast. The vessel is currently carrying contraband in the form of 5-6 kilograms of cocaine. The cocaine is located at 'dships just to the por ide of the center of the vessel at the wate ine. The cocaine has teen molded into something brown, smooth, and plastic. There was the impression that because of this it could not be smelled by dogs. To get the cocaine out, the brown thing has to be destroyed/broken. The ~+ ~~ cocaine will be off-loaded to another vessel on 21 , May 1990 between 1800-2000L,4em I. The ultimate destination of the drugs is mideastern US. contraband-_. arge~vessl'Toad/tax the 2. (S/STD/NF) 095 reported that the vessel,jg cxur SI/,/ P c1 /Nr'G/1 m )/and qui.rements CLASSIFIED BY: HQDA DECLASSIFY ON: OADR Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 (REV. 1-80) GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11.6 5010-114 Approved For Release 2000/08/08 : CIA-RDP96-00789R000900180008-6 TORN UIRED 3. (S/STD/NF) 018 reported that the vessel is in port in a marina at approximately 12 Degrees 15 Minutes North and 67 Degrees 30 Minutes West. The vessel is carrying contraband in the bilge (waste water) tank. The drugs are presently waiting for someone to come by the marina to pick up the drugs. The drugs will be delivered to a home at house address #5 on a "CORK" or "DRIFTWOOD" road/lane/street/etc. The drugs will be off-loaded on the southwest tip of Florida, at approximately 25 Degrees North and 80 Degrees 45 Minutes West. 4. (S/STD/NF) 025 reported that the vessel can be located at 11 Degrees 12 Minutes North and 62 Degrees West. The vessel is currently carrying heroin. It is packaged in pouches and the term "terrain station" surfaced as to the location of the drugs aboard ship. The ultimate destination of the drugs is Puerto Rico. 5. (S/STD/NF) 049 reported that the target vessel is currently located at 79 Degrees West and 19 Degrees 20 Minutes North between Jamaica and Grand Cayman Island. It is traveling in a northwesterly direction. The target is carrying contraband. However, the narcotics are not a conventional type of cocaine; it is solid, dense, and tightly packaged. The contraband is associated with long tubes which resemble the type used for storing navigational charts. These tubes, in turn, are hidden within a cavity in the bow area of the vessel. The contraband is to transferred to another vessel at sea south of the Ferrebonne Bay area of southern Louisiana (between 90 and 91 Degrees West and 28 and 29 Degrees North. This will take place during the Memorial Day period. The vessel receiving the cargo resembles a small fishing trawler or "shrimper." It's nets are frayed and the characters "V, T, 7, 0, and 3" are associated with this boat in some way. There is a tall, heavy-set man with a heavy black beard and untucked flannel shirt on the pick-up boat. The pick-up time is early morning and it is gray and foggy. The pick-up boat will come from an area which is predominately tidal estuary. The destination of the contraband is a location associated with the name of Flambeau or Flanareaux. The tubes which are associated with the contraband are 3 1/2 to 4 inches in diameter and 3 feet long. They resemble navigational chart tubes. These tubes are both stacked vertically and horizontally a cavity in the bow of the vessel. The tubes rather resemble a bangalore torpedo. The cavity occurs behind the bow-side wall of a small room or where a passageway widens a bit. There is a triangular shaped wooden object which sits center and attached to this wall. Cushion covered benches are on either side of this wooden object. There are window or portholes above some of the benches. The wooden object is reddish with tan trim. 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