SUB DUED: Police Seize Abandoned Drug Submarine

Picture shows authorities   investigating the semi-submersible vessel, used to transport controlled substances that was found on the border with Colombia, in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, undated. Investigative units were deployed in various places to determine who owned the semi-submersible vessel.   Note: Licensed photo.   (@FFAAECUADOR/Newsflash) Picture shows authorities investigating the semi-submersible vessel, used to transport controlled substances that was found on the border with Colombia, in Esmeraldas, Ecuador, undated. Investigative units were deployed in various places to determine who owned the semi-submersible vessel. Note: Licensed photo. (@FFAAECUADOR/Newsflash)
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19 January 2023
A drug-smuggling sub has been seized by police after it was found washed up on the coast of Ecuador. Fishermen spotted the vessel in the sand in shallow waters off Tachina, near the border with Colombia, the cocaine capital of the world. The Counter-Narcotics Unit of the National Police of Ecuador...