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A narco-submarine (also called a drug sub or narco-sub) is a type of custom ocean-going, self-propelled, semi-submersible or fully-submersible vessel built by (or for) drug smugglers. [2] [3] [4] Newer semi-submersibles are "nearly-fully" submersible in order to reduce likelihood of detection by visual, radar, sonar, or infrared systems. [3]
The drugs were distributed in six small boats and one of the vessels was a semisubmersible -- commonly known as a "narco sub" — which officials said required a "complex" action on the part of ...
Crew members form U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 111 and British Royal Navy team embarked aboard HMS Trent (P244) interdicts a semi-submersible drug smuggling vessel ...
The cocaine seizures in the Pacific Ocean come about a year after a semi-submersible vessel -- or so-called narco sub -- carrying more than 7,000 pounds of suspected cocaine was intercepted off ...
US Navy SWCCs train with a modified go-fast boat during a training exercise in Mississippi. A typical go-fast is laid-up using a combination of fibreglass, kevlar and carbon fibre, using a deep "V" style offshore racing hull ranging from 6.1 to 15.2 metres (20 to 50 ft) long, narrow in beam, and equipped with two or more powerful engines, often totalling more than 750 kilowatts (1,000 hp).
On 24 September 2019, the Coast Guard reported that Valiant, along with four Colombian naval assets, intercepted a 40' long drug-smuggling semi-submersible carrying 12,000 lbs. of cocaine in the Pacific Ocean. The submersible was spotted by maritime aircraft prior to asking Valiant for assistance. The cocaine was estimated to be worth $165 million.
The use of go-fast boats to move cocaine and other drugs through the Dominican Republic is a major part of the drug trade. U.S. prosecutors said Gómez, arrested on Dec. 12, 2020 at Miami ...
On March 3, 2016, Bertholf responded to a sighting off the Pacific Coast of Panama of a semi-submersible narco-submarine, reported by a P-3 Orion. [7] The semi-submersible surrendered to a boarding party launched from Bertholf, and four suspects were captured along with 6 tons of cocaine. [8] The boarding party then sank the semi-submersible. [9]