
"Narco sub" loaded with 5,000 pounds of cocaine seized off Colombian coast
Officials said a total of 111 bundles were found, containing 2,276 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of about $76 million.
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Officials said a total of 111 bundles were found, containing 2,276 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of about $76 million.
Cocaine "is no worse than whiskey" and is only illegal because it comes from Latin America, said Colombian President Gustavo Petro, whose nation is the world's biggest cocaine producer and exporter.
Police said they launched the operation when they detected two suspicious speedboats in the area.
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Navy ships arrived to intercept the boat, which was carrying 102 packages filled with bricks of cocaine, authorities said.
The U.S. Coast Guard said that it had offloaded more than $54 million worth of cocaine that was intercepted in the Caribbean Sea.
The discovery comes just weeks after authorities said Hurricane Debby blew 25 packages of cocaine onto a beach in the Florida Keys.
Florida detectives believe the package of cocaine washed in with the tides due to recent storms.
The trove of drugs, washed ashore by Hurricane Debby, was found by a good Samaritan, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.
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The drug ring would appeal to a witchdoctor "to receive his blessing and for the success of its cocaine transportation," police said.
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Officials said the drugs, which were found in the water about 7 miles off Islamorada, Florida, were handed over to U.S. Border Patrol agents.
Coast Guard officers fired at and sank a speedboat suspected of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, officials said,
The discovery comes just a month after a beachgoer found about $1 million worth of cocaine washed up along the Florida Keys.
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Federal officials announced that more than 13,803 pounds of cocaine and 3,736 pounds of marijuana with a combined estimated street value of approximately $185 million were offloaded by the US Coast Guard at Port Everglades.
Nearly $1 million worth of cocaine was found by a beachgoer washed up along the Florida Keys.
Officials released dramatic video of the chase, during which the crew allegedly "began evasive actions, throwing packages into the water."
The Colombian navy released images of the seizure of the sub, as well as video showing officers unloading bundles of the alleged narcotics.
The man was booked faces one charge of making a false report about an explosive device.
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The man was booked faces one charge of making a false report about an explosive device.
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