The suspected “narco-sub” was separated from Spain when it was towed by a fishing boat.

suspected “Narco-Sub” A drug-trafficking fishing boat towed to a port in northwestern Spain split in two this week, police said.

The “Maria Cristina” fishing boat spotted a “partially sunken” vessel at the entrance to the Camarinas-Muxia ocean in the Galicia region on Wednesday and was able to tow it to the port of Camarinas after notifying the police, the Civil Guard said. press release.

During the operation, “the intended narco submarine was split into two parts: the bow, which remained afloat, and the stern, which sank due to its weight,” the statement added.

Police divers were looking to analyze the sunken parts of the ship. It was not immediately known if there were any drugs in it.

In the year In 2023, the Civil Protection Police in Northwest Spain “Narkosub” floated again They suspect it was used to transport cocaine. The video showed. Specials that check the ship And as he measured it underwater and another video showed officers towing a tugboat with a crane, the submarine’s bow was out.

In the year In 2019, Spanish police seized a semi-submarine off the coast of Galicia carrying more than 6,600 pounds of cocaine, believed to be from South America.

Drug dealers, especially from ColombiaThey used a submarine to transport cocaine to Mexico and then into the United States. By 2023, a “Narco sub” with two corpses And nearly three tons of cocaine was seized off the coast of Colombia.

In November, the Mexican Navy was captured 8,000 pounds of cocaine Earlier this week, he boarded a “narco sub” off the Pacific coast, sighted 153 miles away. Acapulco Resort.

Two months before that, the U.S. Coast Guard said it had seized more than $54 million worth of cocaine—including more than 1,200 pounds of drugs seized from a “narco sub.”

Most ships are only partially submersible — a ship that is partially submerged in water like a submarine — but some are fully submersible.

Galicia has long been a major entry point for drugs into Europe. Coves, caves and inlets dot the rugged coastline, making it a smuggler’s paradise.

Last week Spanish police said. Seven people were arrested after they unloaded 1,100 kilograms of drugs from a high-speed boat in Villanova de Arosa.