Officials in Columbia have stumbled upon a scene straight out of Narcos this week, as they’ve found a submarine with some shocking cargo.
The semi-submersible craft was found with $87 million worth – 2643 kilograms – of cocaine on board, as well as two dead bodies and two surviving crew members.
The Columbian Navy said in a statement, “Military personnel found two subjects in poor health conditions. Apparently there was an accident inside the semi-submersible vessel due to the generation of toxic gases from fuel.
“The two men were treated and transported to a ship in the area where they were given medical attention to save their lives.
βWith this operational deployment that had foreign support, more than $87m dollars were prevented from entering the financial structures of drug trafficking organisations that commit crimes in the Colombian Pacific and more than six million doses from circulating in the international illegal market
The Colombian Navy will continue deploying all its capabilities to counter the scourge of drug trafficking structures that commit crimes in the Colombian Pacific.β
Smugglers and drug runners in Columbia often use these “narco-submarines” to transport elicit goods into Central America, where it is believed this one was heading to as well.
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