Narco-submarine crew arrested in plot to ferry thousands of kilos of coke on the high seas
- Colombian authorities arrested a six-man crew charged with ferrying over 5,000 kilograms of cocaine to the U.S. Using narco-submarines, according to federal officials.
- The crew operates from Colombia's Pacific coast and is connected to the Sinaloa Cartel, allegedly transporting cocaine to Central America and Mexico, according to federal authorities.
- The men face charges related to international cocaine distribution and could receive life sentences if convicted, federal prosecutors stated.
- U.S. Attorney John Durham emphasized that the U.S. Will not tolerate drug exportation and described the defendants' conspiracy as torpedoed with these arrests.
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Brooklyn feds seek to extradite six men from Colombia for scheme to smuggle cocaine on submersibles
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn are looking to extradite six men arrested in Colombia for a scheme to smuggle tons of cocaine using semi-submersible “narco sub” vessels. The six suspects, who were indicted in November, were all arrested in Colombia on Wednesday, federal prosecutors announced. The suspects led an international crew of drug smugglers who specialized in building self-propelled submersible vessels in remote parts of Colombia and Sou…
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