Kleinst-U-Boote: Drogenclans rüsten auf

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Cocaine-smuggling submarine reveals Europe's drug crisis [...]

It's 20 metres (65 ft) long, built out of fibreglass and - remarkably - homemade. After clambering on top, I lift up the wonky manhole cover and descend into the hull where three men survived for 27 long days and nights, as they voyaged across the Atlantic Ocean just under the surface of the crashing waves. [...]

The heat and noise would have been intense as the engine in the back of the sub burned through the 20,000 litres of fuel stored onboard. The crew of two Ecuadorean cousins and a former Spanish boxer set out from the Brazilian rainforest and first travelled along the Amazon river. They had energy bars, cans of sardines and plastic bags they used for toilet facilities. That was about all they had. Apart, of course, from three tonnes of cocaine worth more than $ 150 m (£ 121 m). [...] After scuttling their vessel near the coast of Galicia, having run into problems, the men were arrested and jailed. [...]

In fact, it's thought hundreds of homemade submarines have been launched towards Europe, which is the biggest cocaine market after the US, and one that's growing rapidly after a Covid pandemic slump.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65337215

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Das ist nicht mehr nur ein einzelnes Narco-Sub, sondern beinahe schon eine ganze Flottille...

‘Narco sub’ bound for Australia seized in massive international operation that netted 1,400 metric tons of drugs

Six so-called “narco subs” stuffed with cocaine were captured in a Colombian-led international anti-drug operation, authorities in the Latin American nation said Wednesday, as part of a huge global bust. The mission, involving 62 countries, seized more than 1,400 metric tons of drugs – mostly marijuana – between October 1 and November 14, according to Vice Adm. Orlando Enrique Grisales, chief of naval operations staff for the Colombian Navy.

Among the haul was 225 metric tons of cocaine, 5 tons of which was found aboard a semi-submersible vessel plying a marine trafficking route from Colombia to Australia, he said. The vessel, intercepted in Pacific waters with enough fuel to reach Australia, is the third such “narco sub” intercepted on the route, Grisales told reporters.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/28/ameri...index.html

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