6 tons of cocaine recovered from

The authorities confiscated more than six tons of cocaine of a semi-submersible ship, a so-called “Sub Narco”, and two underground hides discovered in Colombia, announced the country’s army this week.

The officials published a video of the submarine being intercepted on the country’s Pacific coast, as well as a video that shows officers and a tracker dog that located cocaine high that were buried underground. The Navy also launched an image of more than 100 packages of the narcotics supposed established on the shore next to a military boat.

The authorities said that the value of the seized cocaine street was estimated at around $ 300 million.

The Navy said the narcotics were intercepted in Narino, a region on the Pacific coast of Colombia that borders Ecuador. They did not say how many people were arrested or where they believe the drug route was directed in the semi-summeible.

The authorities said that 3,000 kilograms of cocaine were seized in the sea, while 270 kilograms of cocaine were unearthed from the buried hiding places.

“The National Navy reaffirms its commitment in the fight against drug trafficking and will continue to develop massive operations against organized armed groups,” said a marine spokesman.

A day before, the Colombian Navy said the forces had taken about three tons of narcotics in the Pacific Ocean that were headed to Central America. Some of the drugs were intercepted after the Marina ships pursued a “boat that moved suspiciously,” authorities said, and three people were arrested. Drugs were worth an estimated $ 97 million.

Narco submarines are usually very low on the surface of the ocean, but they cannot be completely underwater. They are popular among international drug traffickers because they can often avoid the detection of the authorities.

Although commonly caught on the coast of Colombia, which produces the majority of cocaine found in the world, narco submarines have been seen worldwide in recent months.

In March, the Portuguese police said the forces had confiscated almost 6.5 tons of cocaine of a semi-submersible container of the remote archipelago of Azores that was intended for the Iberian Peninsula. In January, a narco suspect broke into two pieces like The fishing boat was towing It is a port in the northwest of Spain.

In November 2024, the The Mexican Navy said Around 8,000 pounds of cocaine were seized aboard a semi-submersible about 150 miles from the complex of Acapulco. Two months before, the United States Coast Guard said it had downloaded more than $ 54 million in cocaine, including the most. 1,200 pounds of drugs that were seized from a sub -narco.

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