CLAMBERING down into the claustrophobic gloom of the first transatlantic narco-submarine in Europe, it feels like I’ve ...

In September 2024, Royal Navy commandos stormed their first semi-submersible drug smuggling submarine during a patrol in the Caribbean. A boarding team made up of Royal Marines from 47 Commando ...

Drug smuggling has long been a lucrative enterprise ... One of the most challenging trends to combat is the use of ships and submarines to transport illicit drugs across international waters.

History and Evolution The concept of using submarines for drug smuggling emerged in the 1990s, with initial sightings reported in Colombia. Early versions were rudimentary, often referred to as ...

The Portuguese navy intercepted a submarine on March 25, which was carrying 6.5 tons of cocaine about 925 kilometres south of ...

Spanish authorities are increasingly on the lookout for so-called "narco-submarines", vessels carrying tonnes of cocaine that ...

Colombian authorities are holding a crew of drug traffickers that a grand jury in New York charged with using a fleet of submarines to ferry over 5,000 kilograms of cocaine to the U.S., federal ...

It is believed the craft unloaded its drugs haul in the Bay of Biscay. One sub was even stopped by the Colombian Navy in November on what they believe is a new smuggling route to Australia ...