Two Massive Drug Submarines Recovered On Opposite Ends Of The World

Two submarines that authorities suspect were used to transport cocaine have been seized by South American and European officials.

The Colombian Navy Officials said this week that they had interdicted a semisubmersible that measured 50 feet in length and contained close to 3 tons cocaine. The vessel was located in the Pacific Ocean. Its price rockets to hundreds of millions of dollars when it hits the streets of America.

Two people aboard the craft were found to be suffering from serious health problems by the Colombian military. They had been exposed to toxic fumes and suffered an accident onboard. Two additional bodies were also found onboard.

Al interior de la embarcación, fueron hallados dos sujetos en malas condiciones de salud, y dos cuerpos sin vida, al parecer por la inhalación de gases tóxicos. Esta operación evitó el ingreso de más de 87 millones de dólares a estructuras de organizaciones narcotraficantes. pic.twitter.com/RFfYIvoMu3

— Armada de Colombia (@ArmadaColombia) March 12, 2023

Spain’s Civil Guard was on Tuesday Possession The submarine was found off the coast in the northwest region of Galicia. Officials believe the vessel may have been carrying cocaine.

The vessel was approximately the same size as that found by Colombian Navy in the Pacific. Authorities seized it from below the ocean floor.

Spanish authorities seize a similar vessel that had three tons of cocaine in it and confiscated it in 2019.

Finalmente el sumergible hallado en la zona de Vilagarcía de Aurosa (Pontevedra) es traslado al puerto de Xufre.#GEAS: Grupo Especial de Actividades Subacuáticas de la @guardiacivil pic.twitter.com/sgBIcCtt6n

— Guardia Civil 🇪🇸 (@guardiacivil) March 14, 2023

Three countries in northern South America account for most of the cocaine in the world: Colombia and Peru.

Colombia produces the highest amount of cocaine among the three countries. A 2017 estimate suggested that 460,000 acres of Colombia were cultivating coca plants. This is a much greater number than when Pablo Escobar was the Medellin Cartel’s notorious drug kingpin. The Washington Post.

Colombia has a high production of cocaine. “unpicked coca leaves are rotting in the fields,” The report stated.

“We’ve never seen anything like it before,” said Luis Carlos Villegas, Colombia’s defense minister.

In Colombia’s mangrove swamps, drug cartels often build semi-submersible and submarine craft. The vessel can be built for $1-2 million and is often used once by crew members to transport hundreds of thousands of dollars of cocaine to their destination. The crew usually disposes of the drugs once they have been removed from the vessel.

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