Low-Profile Vessels (LPVs): These are the most common ... This marked one of the largest drug busts involving a narco-submarine. 2020 Seizure: Colombian authorities seized a 65-foot long semi ...

The record cocaine seizure in Europe shows the increasing sophistication and reach of narco subs bringing drugs from South ...

Police released video of the operation, showing the vessel loaded with orange packages as well as four suspects with their ...

According to Guinness World Records, the smallest submarine ever made is just 4mm, or 0.157 inches long, and was created in 1999 by the German company MicroTEC as a mini medical device. By ...

THE narco-submarine in which Able Seaman (AB) Kieron Simon, of the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard (TTCG), went missing on February 20 after boarding it as part of a multinational drug ope­ration ...

Narco-submarine technology continues to improve and now the biggest players can carry over a dozen tons of cocaine worth tens of millions of dollars aboard a vessel. Some even go all the way to ...

"Our vessels are not designed for long distances. They are made to protect the estuaries and the entrances to them," he said. Narco-subs are now being used frequently and globally. One known route ...

In 2024, the British Royal Navy declared that patrol vessel HMS Trent, in tandem with the U.S. Coast Guard, captured a semi-submerged narco sub that was ... "due to low resources," the Armed ...