Marines arrested after drugs haul
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Three tonnes of cannabis were seized at the end of a year-long operation when Customs boarded the 279-tonne Maltese-registered ship Simon de Danser more than 100 miles off the Portuguese coast. Later police said five people would appear before magistrates in Plymouth today. They were among a total of eight people arrested in dawn raids across Britain on Tuesday. The three others have been released, police said.
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