Steers/Cariconsult International Ltd has provided us with the following information.

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The most common occurrence has been that the container holding the drugs is found attached to the vessel’s bowthruster. In every such case investigated by this office the Master has reported that he was aware that the bowthruster was not operating correctly, but that the cause of this had not been investigated prior to the finding of the container by the authorities.

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