Spain seizes submarine with 2,000kg of cocaine - police sources

[TomSea]

Spain seizes submarine with 2,000kg of cocaine - police sources

    24 November 2019


A submarine loaded with more than 2,000kg (4,409lb) of cocaine has been seized in Spain, police sources say.

They say two people were held after the vessel ran aground off Galicia's coast in the north-west. A third person fled. They all are said to be from Ecuador.

Spanish media report that the submarine was from Colombia and police are trying to work out whether it sailed all the way from South America with the drugs.

Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50539006

That's some trek if it came all the way from South America which it certainly appears to be, they are still working on that aspect of it but what else could be plausible?

[rangerrebew]

The First Narco Submarine Ever Seized Off A European Coast Is A Monster
This is the first time authorities in Europe have intercepted one of these vessels, which have been a staple in Latin American drug smuggling.
By Joseph TrevithickNovember 27, 2019

 

Spanish authorities have successfully recovered a so-called narco submarine that they seized in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the country's Galacia region this past weekend. This is the first time any country in Europe has seized one of these smuggling vessels and it's not entirely clear how it made the thousands-of-miles-long journey from Latin America.

Spain's Guardia Civil, National Police, and Customs Service captured the craft off Galacia on Nov. 24, 2019. The crew had attempted to scuttle it after failing to transfer the approximately three tons of cocaine onboard to another vessel due to poor weather. Those same conditions prevented Spanish security forces from refloating the drug sub until late the next day. They then towed it to port and it has now been pulled out of the water for further inspection.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/31248/the-first-narco-submarine-ever-seized-off-a-european-coast-is-a-monster

[PeteS in CA]

Not related to Immigration, happened in Spain, moving.