"These semi-submersible boats have been used for years by drug gangs to smuggle cocaine from South and Central America. In more recent months as the price of cocaine has plummeted, gangs have changed tactics: instead of letting the boats sink on delivery, they have started to reuse the vessels, setting up a refuelling platform at sea and sending the boats back so they can make as many journeys as possible."
"In more recent months as the price of cocaine has plummeted, gangs have changed tactics: instead of letting the boats sink on delivery, they have started to reuse the vessels, setting up a refuelling platform at sea and sending the boats back so they can make as many journeys as possible. The Guardian journalist Tom Philips was given access to one of the narco-subs and, with Sam Jones, he tells Nosheen Iqbal how these unusual vessels carrying tonnes of cocaine have been travelling across the Atlantic."
Portuguese police seized a record nine tonnes of cocaine from a narco‑sub in the Atlantic. Semi‑submersible boats have been used for years by drug gangs to smuggle cocaine from South and Central America to Europe. Falling cocaine prices have prompted gangs to change tactics: instead of abandoning boats to sink on delivery, crews now refuel at sea and reuse vessels to maximise trips. A refuelling platform at sea allows narco‑subs to return immediately and make multiple transatlantic journeys. Access to one narco‑sub revealed details of construction, capacity and the routes these unusual vessels use across the Atlantic.
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