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Narco-SUB Loaded With 1,648kg of Cocaine Captured in Colombia
Colombian Military Captures Drug Cartel Narco-SUB Loaded With 1,648kg of Cocaine
The huge shipment of cocaine was found in 77 plastic bags on a semi-submersible vessel in the Pacific Ocean, with the cargo reportedly intercepted while being transported to Central America.
Daily Mail 27 DEC 2023
A massive cocaine shipment worth nearly $1 million (£786,880) was seized by the Colombian military from a semi-submersible vessel.
The vessel was loaded with an eye-watering 1,640 kilos of cocaine when it was spotted off the coast of the western province of Nariño, in the Pacific Ocean, according to Armed Forces Commander General Helder Giraldo. At the time, four suspects were arrested.
The shipment was reportedly being sent to Central America, and was stuffed inside 77 plastic bags. The coast guard escorted the vessel to its port in the Nariño town of Tumaco, where agents with the prosecutor’s office inspected the cargo and confirmed it was cocaine.
Suspects are facing trafficking, manufacturing and possession of drug charges, and could serve prison sentences ranging from eight to 20 years if they are found guilty. The military said that authorities have confiscated more than 705,000 kilos of cocaine from drug trafficking organisations in 2023, with the drugs enough to produce 4 million street sales across the world.
By seizing cocaine shipments they have prevented the cartels and left-wing guerrillas from making over $56 million in sales, the military also said. In Colombia, crops of cocaine's main ingredient - coca - rose 13 per cent last year to hit a record 568,342 acres.
Cocaine is no unknown drug in the UK. Mirror Online previously reported that Britain is now the biggest market place in Europe for secret online cocaine dealing. The country also accounts for a third of the £733million worth of the drug sold each year worldwide on the dark web.
By seizing cocaine shipments they have prevented the cartels and left-wing guerrillas from making over $56 million in sales
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