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A narco-submarine captured by the Peruvian Navy in December 2019 [1]. A narco-submarine (also called a drug sub or narco-sub) is a type of custom ocean-going, self-propelled, semi-submersible or fully-submersible vessel built by (or for) drug smugglers.
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 ...
A suspected "narco-sub" capable of smuggling drugs broke in two as a fishing boat was towing it to a port in northwestern Spain this week, police said.. The "Maria Cristina" fishing boat spotted ...
Spanish police announced Friday that they seized a homemade narco-submarine able to carry up to 2 metric tons (2.2 tons) of cargo. Police came across the 9-meter-long (30-feet-long) craft last ...
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 U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche had been stationed in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from December through February to intercept suspected drug smuggling vessels off the coasts of Mexico, Central ...
In the mid-1990s, Fainberg attempted to purchase a Soviet diesel submarine for use in drug smuggling for a Colombian cocaine cartel. [2] Fainberg lived in Miami between 1990 and 1997 and owned a topless bar called Porky's, named for the movie. [3] He was arrested and convicted of smuggling and racketeering.
The Navy has launched a new operation to interdict drug smugglers by sea that will rely on autonomous sea drones as President Donald Trump cracks down on U.S. land borders.