Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Ever wonder if it’s safe crammed into a homemade narco-submarine, sharing limited space only with other narcos and tons of coke? Now we know: it’s not. When Colombia’s navy intercepted this narco-sub in the Pacific, inside they found three tons of cocaine, and two dead narco-sailors. Let me tell you about.
The Mob Reporter here with an armada of news on narco submarines — one of my favorite subjects — so much news it seems drug subs may soon reset what we think we know about global bulk cocaine movement, erasing the strategic focus on commercial ports.
The grim find was announced by the Colombian military on March 12, 2023. A narcosub was spotted in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Colombia. Inside they found 2,643 kilos of cocaine tightly pressed into waterproof bricks — which was anticipated — and then something that was unexpected: Two bodies of narco-submariners. The Colombian military caught at least six narco subs over two weekends. Some were caught off Colombia’s Pacific coast and some off its Caribbean coast. Two were found in a blackmarket shipyard, along with anticipated cargo.
Around the same time as Colombians examining their narcosub haul, off the western coast of Spain, in an area known as a smuggler’s paradise, fishermen spotted this: a narco sub seemingly adrift.
Only the sub’s front tip was visible, as it floated almost vertically. Like an iceberg, most of its 50-foot length was underwater. It was found in the Ría de Arousa off the Atlantic coast in Galicia. They refloated the sub and towed it to a nearby port. There they had a good look at it, inside and out.
Narcosubs are popping up more often, in more places. It seems global transit of bulk cocaine is undergoing another transformation, away from shipping containers arriving at major ports, or at least greater diversification towards increased underwater navigation. As technology improves, I expect we’ll see much more of this ahead.
Music is "Impact Prelude" by Kevin MacLeod // "Sloppy Cav" by Godmode // "19th Floor" by Bobby Richards // "Shoulder Closures" by Gunnar Olsen.
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Ever wonder if it’s safe crammed into a homemade narco-submarine, sharing limited space only with other narcos and tons of coke? Now we know: it’s not. When Colombia’s navy intercepted this narco-sub in the Pacific, inside they found three tons of cocaine, and two dead narco-sailors. Let me tell you about.
The Mob Reporter here with an armada of news on narco submarines — one of my favorite subjects — so much news it seems drug subs may soon reset what we think we know about global bulk cocaine movement, erasing the strategic focus on commercial ports.
The grim find was announced by the Colombian military on March 12, 2023. A narcosub was spotted in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Colombia. Inside they found 2,643 kilos of cocaine tightly pressed into waterproof bricks — which was anticipated — and then something that was unexpected: Two bodies of narco-submariners. The Colombian military caught at least six narco subs over two weekends. Some were caught off Colombia’s Pacific coast and some off its Caribbean coast. Two were found in a blackmarket shipyard, along with anticipated cargo.
Around the same time as Colombians examining their narcosub haul, off the western coast of Spain, in an area known as a smuggler’s paradise, fishermen spotted this: a narco sub seemingly adrift.
Only the sub’s front tip was visible, as it floated almost vertically. Like an iceberg, most of its 50-foot length was underwater. It was found in the Ría de Arousa off the Atlantic coast in Galicia. They refloated the sub and towed it to a nearby port. There they had a good look at it, inside and out.
Narcosubs are popping up more often, in more places. It seems global transit of bulk cocaine is undergoing another transformation, away from shipping containers arriving at major ports, or at least greater diversification towards increased underwater navigation. As technology improves, I expect we’ll see much more of this ahead.
Music is "Impact Prelude" by Kevin MacLeod // "Sloppy Cav" by Godmode // "19th Floor" by Bobby Richards // "Shoulder Closures" by Gunnar Olsen.
Impact Prelude by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100617 Artist: incompetech.com
~ The Mob Reporter is a professional journalist bringing you real-life mob, police and true crime news and educational videos.
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• Crime Watch: youtube.com/CrimeWatchWorld
• Crime in Italy: youtube.com/CrimeInItaly
~ To read my written journalism: nationalpost.com/author/ahumphreys
Please like, share, comment and subscribe.
Thanks for watching!
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Please watch: "Genius jewel heist wrecked by sloppy mistakes": youtu.be/KkEk0k0d_7Y
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