"Narco sub" seized as crew tries in vain to sink 5,300 pounds of cocaine
Officials said the crew tried to open valves and sink the vessel along with its drug-laden cargo. It didn't work.
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Officials said the crew tried to open valves and sink the vessel along with its drug-laden cargo. It didn't work.
The plane went down more than two weeks ago. President Gustavo Petro said "military forces and Indigenous communities will continue in their tireless search."
The largest-ever Colombian "narco sub" was intercepted in the Pacific Ocean, with 3 tons of cocaine found on board, authorities say.
The Colombian navy has seized 228 such drug-laden semi-submersibles, which are used by traffickers to elude detection.
Oscar Adriano Quintero Rengifo was accused of operating a fleet of so-called "narco subs" to transport nearly 30,000 pounds of cocaine.
"There are about 35 children playing that could approach them and provoke a tragedy," said an official from the local environment authority.
Low-profile vessels are often used in drug smuggling schemes because their construction helps the boats remain out of sight in the water.
Sanabria was under an internal investigation by the ministry over whether he had inappropriately allowed his religious beliefs to infringe on his duties.
In all, seven arrests were made and more than 700,000 doses of the drug were seized, officials said.
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The news came about a week after officials seized a cocaine-laden vessel with two dead bodies on board in the same region.
Almost 5,800 pounds of cocaine, worth more than $87 million, was found on board the roughly 50-foot-long submarine, officials said.
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Since January, 23 bodies wrapped in plastic have been found abandoned in the city.
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Becca Valle, then 37, enrolled in a cutting-edge clinical trial after surgery removed an aggressive tumor from her brain.
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