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Crew mate aboard 20-ton cocaine cargo ship admits role in record $1 billion Philly port drug bust

The guilty plea from Aleksandar Kavaja, of Montenegro, is the latest sign of progress in an ongoing investigation that has stretched from southern Europe and South America to the Port of Philadelphia.

Federal authorities search the MSC Gayane container ship at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in South Philadelphia on June 18, 2019.
Federal authorities search the MSC Gayane container ship at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal in South Philadelphia on June 18, 2019.Read moreTim Tai / Staff Photographer