A submarine with 6.5 tons of cocaine was detained in the Atlantic Ocean

Law enforcement officers detained an underwater vessel in the Atlantic Ocean, which was carrying 6.5 tons of cocaine. This was reported on March 31 by CBS News with reference to the Portuguese police.

"Officers recently confiscated almost 6.5 tons of cocaine from a semi-submersible vessel, or the so—called "drug-underwater vessel," intercepted off the Azores Islands, bound for the Iberian Peninsula," the publication says.

Due to its design, the vessel was partially on the surface. There were five crew members on board.

According to the TV channel, most of the drugs smuggled into Portugal come by sea from Latin America, she added.Газета.Ru ".

On January 22, the President of the Latin American Republic, Gustavo Petro, announced that a shipment of cocaine containing more than 8 tons of the drug had been seized in Colombia, one of the largest smuggling attempts in the country's history. The bags containing the prohibited substance were hidden in sacks of earth.