The vessels would have allowed traffickers to smuggle 200kg of drugs across strait of Gibraltar, police say
have broken up a gang that was allegedly building semi-submersible drones each capable of ferrying up to 200kg of drugs across the strait of Gibraltar.
“Three unmanned underwater vehicles were recovered, one of them almost finished and two still under construction,” the force said in a statement. “They were due to be delivered to French narco-traffickers to be used to transport significant quantities of cocaine.” The Policía Nacional said it was the first time it had come across underwater drones being used to smuggle drugsAlthough the gang specialised in building false boat bottoms and hidden storage compartments for cars and trailers – which they supplied to smugglers and other criminal gangs – they also had a sideline in marine drones, police said.
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