Narco Sub Seized Near Azores with £520m of Cocaine

‘Narco sub’ seized on way to Europe with £520m of cocaine reports that Portuguese authorities intercepted a semi-submersible vessel near the Azores carrying nearly nine tons of cocaine valued at about £520 million. Investigators said the crew used a fiberglass “narco-submarine” designed to evade radar and operate across the Atlantic shipping corridor. Officials described the seizure as evidence of increasingly sophisticated maritime trafficking routes linking South America directly to Europe....