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.
The Colombia n Navy has seized 225 tonnes of cocaine during a six-week operation that included the interception of a semi-submersible vessel in the Pacific Ocean .
The latest phase of the bust, titled 'Orion', resulted in more than 1,400 tonnes of drugs including 128 tonnes of marijuana being seized at a street value of more than $US8.4 billion , according to Colombian navy official Orlando Enrique Grisales. The Colombian Navy has intercepted a semi-submersible vessel in the Pacific Ocean during a major drugs operation.Vice-admiral Grisales said officials also seized a semi-submersible vessel made of wood and fibreglass on its way to Australia with five tonnes of Colombian cocaine onboard.
" are dedicated to trafficking, everyone wants to have control, they fight over it and there is participation from all the armed groups and organisations that work with drug trafficking," vice-admiral Rozo told"Semi-submersibles are not a new practice, but they have been developed to reach more distant places.
A kilogram of cocaine is sold for up to $240,000 in Australia — about six times more than the price in the United States, vice-admiral Grisales said. "It has been found that these semi-submersibles, sometimes even submersibles, are now increasingly sophisticated, with very fine engineering."
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