A semi-submersible ship charged with more than 5,000 pounds of cocaine was intercepted off the Colombia Pacific Coast, the country’s navy said on Wednesday. The officials said it had marked the country’s first seizure of a so-called “Narco Sub” This year.
In a Social media messageThe Navy of Colombia said that it had stopped the semi-submersible at around 100 nabin miles from Tumaco, which is close to the border of the equator. The officials said that the “Narco Sub” was inhabited by two Colombians and a shield and an image published by the Navy showed that three men were detained behind dozens of lots of packages containing the alleged drugs.
The officials said that a total of 111 beams had been found, containing 2,276 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of around $ 76 million.
The Navy has published a video of the operation, including images that show a projector Brilliant on the semi-submersible. Another clip shows a naval ship returning to the port and officers unloading large bricks of narcotics.
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The semi-sous-sols are very low on the surface of the ocean but cannot go completely underwater. They are popular among international drug traffickers because they can often escape detection by the authorities.
Although most often seen off the coasts of Colombia, “Narco submarines” have been identified around the world in recent months.
Last month, a “Narco Sub” Scrambled in two rooms while a fishing boat went up it in a port in northwestern Spain. In November, the The Mexican navy said He seized about 8,000 pounds of cocaine aboard a “Narco Sub” about 150 miles from Acapulco resort. In September, the American Coast Guard said it had unloaded more than $ 54 million in cocaine – including more than 1,200 pounds of drugs seized in a “Narco submarine”.
Two months earlier, Interpol said that Guyana authorities seized a semi-submersible ship that was used for drug trafficking across one of the country’s jungles.
The Colombian navy said that she had intercepted 20 semi-submersible In 2023, leading to the 30 -ton crisis of cocaine and more than 5 tonnes of marijuana. This year, a “Narco Sub” with two corpses And almost three tonnes of cocaine on board were seized off the coast of Colombia.
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