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According to a press-release, on November 5, 2020, a submarine was seized in Colombia. [42] A further interception was made in October 2021 by the Ecuadorian naval training ship Guayas in the Pacific Ocean. [43] The drug trafficker Laureano Oubiña affirmed the existence of a marine cemetery of narco-submarines near the Canary Islands . [44]
In February, Colombian authorities on a search-and-rescue mission for two missing fishermen found a "narco sub" loaded with more than 4 tons of cocaine. A few weeks before that, the Colombian navy ...
Over $239 million worth of cocaine, including from a narco-submarine, seized in Pacific last month. Natalie Kainz. Updated December 7, 2023 at 1:02 PM. Petty Officer 3rd Class Hunter Schnabel.
In November, the Mexican Navy said it has seized about 8,000 pounds of cocaine aboard a "narco sub" off the Pacific coast which was spotted earlier this week about 153 miles off the resort of ...
Bricks of cocaine, a form in which it is commonly transported. A fully operational submarine built for the primary purpose of transporting multi-ton quantities of cocaine located near a tributary close to the Ecuador/Colombia border that was seized by the Ecuador Anti-Narcotics Police Forces and Ecuador Military authorities with the assistance of the U.S. DEA.
The first narco submarine was not intercepted until 2006 by the U.S. Coast Guard off of Costa Rica holding 3.5 tonnes of cocaine. Despite rumours of submarines being used by cartels in the 1990s, this was the first detection. [12] The number of narco submarine incidents has risen in recent years. The US Coast Guard reported 35 in 2018 and 36 in ...
Six “narco subs” filled with cocaine and other drugs were ... Brazil, Spain and the Netherlands, worked together to find the submarines that ... Authorities seized more than 1,400 metric tons ...
‘Narco sub’ bound for Australia seized in massive international operation that netted 1,400 metric tons of drugs. Mauricio Torres and James Legge, CNN. November 28, 2024 at 9:11 AM.