A suspected “Narco-Sub” Capable of smuggling drugs broke in two as a fishing boat towed it in a port in northwestern Spain this week, police said.
On Wednesday, the fishing boat “Maria Cristina” spotted the semi-submerged “ship” at the entrance to the Camarinas-Muxia estuary in the Galicia region and towed it to the port of Camarinas after advising the police said the civil guard in a statement.
During the operation “The alleged Narco-Submarine burst into two sections: the arc, which remains afloat, and the stern, which flowed because of its higher weight,” added the press release.
Police divers were looking for the parties below the ship for analysis. It was not immediately clear if there were medications inside.
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In 2023, civil guard police in northwest Spain Reffoted a “narcosub” They suspect that you may have been used to transport cocaine. A video showed the divers inspecting the ship And measured it underwater and another video showed that the officers operated a tug with a crane while the submarine arc was out.
In 2019, Spanish police seized a semi-submersible ship carrying more than 6,600 pounds of cocaine off the coast of Galicia suspected of having come from South America.
Drug traffickers, in particular Colombiawere captured using submarines to transport cocaine to Mexico, and from there to the United States. In 2023, a “Narco Sub” with two corpses And almost three tonnes of cocaine on board were seized off the coast of Colombia.
In November, the Mexican navy said she had seized 8,000 pounds of cocaine Aboard a “Narco Sub” off the Pacific coast which was spotted earlier this week at around 153 miles off the Acapulco resort.
Two months earlier, the American Coast Guard said that it had unloaded more than $ 54 million in cocaine – including more than 1,200 pounds of drugs seized in a “Narco submarine”.
Most ships are only semi -submersible – a partially submerged ship that cannot dive completely like a submarine – but some can go entirely underwater.
Galicia has long been a leading entry point for drugs in Europe. A maze of coves, caves and entrances dot its rugged coast, making it a paradise for smuggler.
Last week, Spanish police said They arrested seven people as they discharged 1,100 kilos of drugs in a high -speed boat in Vilanova de Arousa.