Sunday, December 8, 2024

"Colombian navy intercepts narco-subs taking new route to Australia"

From the BBC, November 28:

The Colombian navy has intercepted a semi-submersible vessel packed with cocaine in the Pacific Ocean, as part of an operation in which hundreds of arrests have been made.

It said the vessel had enough fuel to sail to Australia, on what was believed to be a new smuggling route, and maps indicated that is where it was headed.

Smuggling cocaine from South America to Australia is particularly lucrative, as a kilogramme of the illegal drug can fetch up to $240,000 (£190,000) there - six times more than in the US, Colombian security forces said.

Officials said the semi-submersible was the third such vessel they had seized in that part of the Pacific....

....MUCH MORE

The drug dealers might as well just take it to the next level and start packing ICBMs full of blow and shooting them off to points far and farther..