In Colombia, police found 3.1 tons of cocaine during a search of a ‘narco-submarine’.
According to the police statement, coast guard teams located the narco-submarine while inspecting the port city of Tumaco. The operation was done. The market value of the drug, which was seized in the operation held at midnight the previous night, is 108 million dollars.
During the joint operation of the Colombian Air Force and Navy, three people on the submarine were caught and detained while trying to escape.
The submarine, which set out to transport drugs to Central America, was towed to the Tumaco Coast Guard Center. It was stated that the drugs he was carrying were hidden in 155 packages placed between food and communication tools.
The authorities said, “This operation prevented tons of cocaine from falling into the hands of an armed drug cartel led by the person known as ‘Allende’” and underlined that they will continue to fight drug smuggling with determination.
Narco-submarines are vessels that sail just below the surface of the water, long used to transport drugs from Colombia to Central America. One costs an average of $1 million.
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