CBP seizes four tons of cocaine in NARCO-SUB off southwest Mexico coast
08/07/2023 // Laura Harris
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), led by the Air and Marine Operations, recently intercepted a "narco-sub" with approximately four tons of cocaine worth $108 million off the southwest Mexico coast.
For the past five years, drug smugglers have been using narco-subs to discreetly transport large quantities of narcotics. In fact, Colombian officials revealed that they seized 111 narco-subs involved in drug trafficking from 2018 to 2021. It's such a lucrative method of transportation that traffickers reportedly destroy their subs to avoid being found and traced back to them.
But the issue extends beyond waterborne trafficking, as drones have become a larger problem for U.S. law enforcement agencies tasked to combat the drug trade. (Related: COKED-UP JAWS: Florida sharks may be feasting on cocaine dumped into the sea by traffickers.)
Chief Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez of the CBP's Rio Grande Valley sector stated that her team detected as many as 25,000 drones in a year. She warned that adversaries possess significantly more drones, flight hours and funding. Art Del Cueto, vice president of the National Border Patrol Council, said cartels also appear to be flying drones over border patrol stations to gather intelligence and seek ways to facilitate drug trade operations.
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