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Spain’s war on ‘narco submarines’: How underwater vessels carry tonnes of South American cocaine via the new ‘African Route’

Last updated: April 6, 2025 6:53 pm
Laurence Dollimore
Published: April 6, 2025
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The rise of the ‘narco submarine’ has opened up a new frontier in Spain’s war on drugs.  The underwater vessels were first rumbled in 2019, when a semi-submersible carrying three tonnes of cocaine was discovered off the coast of Galicia

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