The Colombian navy has intercepted a semi-submersible vessel packed with cocaine in the Pacific Ocean, as part of an operation in which hundreds of arrests have been made. It said the vessel had ...

The concept of using submarines for drug smuggling emerged in the 1990s, with initial sightings reported in Colombia. Early versions were rudimentary, often referred to as "semi-submersibles ...

Colombia's navy has uncovered a new drug smuggling route from South America to Australia after intercepting a "narco submarine" packed with cocaine in the Pacific Ocean. The discovery was made ...

A wood and fibreglass semi-submersible vessel was intercepted in the Pacific Ocean as part of a six-week operation that seized 225 tonnes of cocaine.

Media reports said one of the six semi-submersible vessels — or "narco submarines" — intercepted in the operation was bound for Australia, but was stopped 2,000 kilometres southwest of ...

A security source told AFP the narco-submarines had initially been used to transfer drugs out of Colombia and on to ships off the coast. “It has been found that these semi-submersibles ...