Aquastar Auction, £10M Cocaine Cache, WWII Remains Recovery

In Today's Email:

• Historic Aquastar 60 Dive-Watch Hits Auction Block with Starting Bid of $50k

• UK Police Divers Retrieve £10M Cocaine Cache Concealed in Ship's Hull

• WWII Echoes: Divers Retrieve Historic Remains from Sunken Vessels Off Micronesia

Historic Aquastar 60 Dive-Watch Hits Auction Block with Starting Bid of $50k

Dive into the annals of maritime history with a wrist-bound relic—the JeanRichard Aquastar 60. This isn't just any old ticker; it's a companion to adventurers plumbing the abyss, notably Captain Don Walsh during his 1960 descent into Challenger Deep. From its acquisition in a quaint San Diego dive shop to its voyages into the fathomless deep—thrice!—this timepiece tells tales of daring deep-sea expeditions. Now, as it nestles into the illustrious halls of Heritage Auctions with bids starting at a whopping $50k, the 'grail' of dive-watches is poised to make waves amongst horology enthusiasts and nautical aficionados alike​¹ ​.

UK Police Divers Retrieve £10M Cocaine Cache Concealed in Ship's Hull

Subaquatic Sleuthing Uncovers £10M (~$12M) Cocaine Stash in UK Port: In a plot plucked from a narco-thriller, police divers at Sheerness port, Kent, unraveled the UK's largest underwater drug hidey-hole, tucked within a ship's hull. The 137kg cocaine trove, worth a cool £10 million, outdid the previous watery drug find by threefold. This Panamanian vessel, veiled in a banana cargo, was en route from Panama to the Netherlands when the divers, acting on intel, embarked on a five-hour, low-visibility probe. Their haul unveils the lengths to which cartels go to flood the streets with nefarious narcotics​¹ ​.

WWII Echoes: Divers Retrieve Historic Remains from Sunken Vessels Off Micronesia

Dive teams off Micronesia's Chuuk Islands turned pages of history, unearthing remains from sunken WWII Japanese military vessels. This endeavor by Japan's Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry reclaimed memories from the Pacific's murky depths, as remains from the Shinkoku Maru and Kiyosumi Maru ships are set for a homeward journey. A gesture to preserve the dignity of the fallen, it also underpins the unchecked dissemination of undersea remnants on social platforms, nudging officialdom to bolster measures against such exposures​¹ ​.

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