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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 ...
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 ...
Six so-called “narco subs” stuffed with cocaine were captured in a Colombian-led international anti-drug operation, authorities in the Latin American nation said Wednesday, as part of a huge ...
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 ...
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. ... It was found on a narco-submarine.
On June 18, 2019, the crew participated in capturing a narco-submarine carrying 17,000 pounds of cocaine. The total amount of drugs seized was valued at $232 million USD, representing one of the largest drug seizures to date. [6] Video of the incident was later made available on both news and military websites.
The busts were announced just days after federal agents seized $33 million worth of cocaine aboard a boat that was trying to smuggle the drug into Puerto Rico, officials said, marking at least the ...