Colombia News | Colombia Reports
  • News
    • General
    • Analysis
    • War and peace
    • Elections
    • Economy
    • Culture
    • Sports
    • Science and Tech
  • Travel
    • General
    • Bogota
    • Medellin
    • Cali
    • Cartagena
    • Antioquia
    • Caribbean
    • Pacific
    • Coffee region
    • Amazon
    • Southwest Colombia
    • Northeast Colombia
    • Central Colombia
  • Data
    • Economy
    • Crime and security
    • War and peace
    • Development
    • Cities
    • Regions
    • Provinces
  • Profiles
    • Organized crime
    • Politics
    • Armed conflict
    • Economy
    • Sports
  • Lite
  • Opinion
  • About us
  • Support us
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletter
Colombia News | Colombia Reports
  • News
    • General
    • Analysis
    • War and peace
    • Elections
    • Economy
    • Culture
    • Sports
    • Science and Tech
  • Travel
    • General
    • Bogota
    • Medellin
    • Cali
    • Cartagena
    • Antioquia
    • Caribbean
    • Pacific
    • Coffee region
    • Amazon
    • Southwest Colombia
    • Northeast Colombia
    • Central Colombia
  • Data
    • Economy
    • Crime and security
    • War and peace
    • Development
    • Cities
    • Regions
    • Provinces
  • Profiles
    • Organized crime
    • Politics
    • Armed conflict
    • Economy
    • Sports
  • Lite
  • Opinion
(Photo: Colombian military)
News

Submarine carrying 2.3 tons of cocaine found close to Colombia’s Pacific coast

by Larisa Sioneriu May 20, 2014

A semi submersible vehicle carrying more than 2 tons of cocaine was found 50 miles away from the shores of Western Colombia’s state of Nariño, Colombia’s media reported Tuesday.

Colombian and US authorities have worked together in the operation and found a semi-submersible vehicle in international waters.

According to Pablo Guevara, commander of the navy anti-trafficking task force said three people were hidden in the vehicle. There was also 2.3 tons of cocaine seized, El Universal newspaper reported.

“These three individuals were captured by the U.S. government and are available to the United States where they will be charged with drug trafficking,” said Guevara, according to El Universal.

The Colombian commander stated that is was strange to find people in the submarine as they usually find away to let the drugs go and pretend to be shipwrecked men, the paper reported.

Despite of this being the first submarine loaded with cocaine captured so far this year, it is not the first capture of cocaine from the Colombia’s Pacific coast.

Narcotics police confiscated $13 million worth of cocaine in Colombia’s largest Pacific port of Buenaventura at the end of March.

MORE: Colombia police seize 1 ton of US-bound cocaine in Pacific port

Sources

  • Hallan más de dos toneladas de cocaína en semisumergible (El Universal)
drug traffickingPacificsubmarinetrafficking

Trending

  • Colombia’s hospitals collapsing, COVID-19 vaccination drive in chaos

  • Reported COVID-19 infections in Colombia skyrocket

  • The pandemic’s devastating impact on poverty in Colombia

Related articles

  • Coronavirus causing emergencies in all Colombia’s port cities

  • Colombia ‘begs’ US for cooperation in case against missing FARC leader

  • Local elections in Colombia: candidates giving away drugs for votes

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Linkedin
  • RSS

@2008-2019 - Colombia Reports. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by Digitale Zaken and Parrolabs


Back To Top