“NARCO SUB” loaded with 6.5 tons of cocaine is seized in the Atlantic Ocean with the help of DEA, Portuguese police say

Police officers recently took off nearly 6.5 tons of cocaine from semi-submarine vessels, or so-called “Narco Sub”, intercepted from the Azore, while tying the Iberian peninsula, the Portuguese judicial police said.

Bust, named handling Nautilus, is almost a quarter of record 23 tons of seized in the entire 2024. in Portugal, is often considered one of the first drug enrollment points to Europe. Drug dealers are caught using Semi-submenu boats To smuggle cocaine while trying to avoid discovering.

The vessel was intercepted “in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, about 500 nautical miles” south of Portugal Azori Archipelag, the A statement of the judicial police.

The five crew members were on board, which used the International Criminal Ring, added in the statement. The police posted a video Operations, showing the vessel loaded with orange packages as well as four suspects with face blurred.

In addition to Portuguese naval and war forces, international partners, including the American drug implementation, the British National Agency for Crime and Spanish Civic Citizenscival contributed bust.

Portuguese police said the operation recently occurred, without determining the date.

Many “Narco Subs” cannot be completely diving as a true submarine, but some are able to withdraw entirely underwater.

Most cocaine smuggled to Portugal encounters the sea from Latin America.

Although most often seen from the coast of Columbia, “Narco Subs” were observed around the world in recent months.

In January, a “NARCO SUB” He broke into two pieces like the fishing boat dragged into the port in the northwest of Spain. In November, The Mexican Navy said Cocainal £ 8,000 pounds were seized on the ship “NARCO SUB” about 150 miles from Acapulco Resort. In September, the American Coast Guard said that he loaded more than 54 million dollars in cocaine values ​​- including over £ 1,200 drugs taken from “drug sub”.