During a joint and coordinated operation conducted by the Colombian Navy, the Colombian Air Force and the Attorney General's Office, it was possible the finding of a semi-submarine in which 3.1 tons of cocaine hydrochloride were traveling, in the Nariño South Pacific zone and that would have as destination Central America.
The operation took place in the middle of the night, when a Rapid Reaction Unit of the Tumaco Coast Guard Station, which was carrying out maritime control and security tasks, managed to detect the semi–submarine sailing through water, 45 nautical miles northeast of Tumaco - Nariño. Immediately, the maritime interception procedure was initiated, ordering through sound, visual signals and calls by VHF-marine radio to stop the ship.
The three men who were crewing the illegal naval device ignored the voices of the authority, escaping; however, minutes later the Colombian Sailors made their interception.
The semi-submarine was taken to the Tumaco Coast Guard Station for inspection. Inside, communication equipment, groceries and 155 sacks with 3,100 rectangular packages were found by troops, apparently with illicit substances, so officials of the Technical Investigation Corps -CTI- of the Attorney General's Office, conducted the Approved Preliminary Identification Test – PIPH-, which left positive result for cocaine hydrochloride.
The three individuals, together with the semi-submarine and the materials, were put into custody of the authority.
This finding prevented the entry of approximately 108 million dollars to the residual Organized Armed Group, GAO-r, Alfonso Cano Western Bloc of the FARC dissidents, whose ringleader is alias Allende.
In the same way, the commercialization and consumption of about eight million doses of cocaine on the streets of the world was prevented, which represents a benefit to global public health, by preventing the generation of new users, mitigating medical emergencies and reducing overdose deaths.
This is the second semi-submarine of similar characteristics, which is intercepted this year in the Nariño Pacific sailing with drugs. For its construction, drug trafficking organizations invest about USD 900,000.
Source: Press - Navy of Colombia
