Spanish authorities announced today that they intercepted another improvised submarine suspected of transporting cocaine to Europe from South America and that four Colombian citizens were arrested.
Police caught the four smugglers after they found a 20-meter-long home-made drug submarine 518 kilometers west of the Spanish city of Cadiz as it sailed towards land on Tuesday.
Due to the characteristics of the vessel and the behavior of the crew, the authorities believe that it was transporting cocaine, the Civil Guard announced. The crew was rescued, but the submarine filled with water and sank with its cargo.
The submarine is similar to those intercepted by authorities in previous operations in northwestern Spain in 2019 when three tons of cocaine were seized.
Similar vessels have been discovered in the Atlantic Ocean, especially near Central and South America. They usually float just below the surface of the water, from which only the barely noticeable exhaust pipe of the usually diesel engine that powers them sticks out.
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