Gibraltar Finds Cocaine on Bulker Using New Underwater Drones

Gibraltar Finds Cocaine on Bulker Using New Underwater Drones

Gibraltar is highlighting its success in stopping drug smuggling with its newly acquired underwater drones. HM Customs made a sizable drug bust from...

HM Customs seizes 120kg of cocaine from bulk carrier in Gibraltar waters

Equipped with an underwater drone, officers carried out an extensive search of the ship and discovered the packages concealed on the vessel's portside

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has not yet filed a diplomatic protest regarding the submersibles or underwater drones seized in various parts of the country. According to the Foreign Affairs Department, no country has yet admitted that they are the owners or users of the drones. The DFA cannot immediately file a diplomatic protest or a case until it is certain. Following this, the agency is already coordinating with other departments an…

A submarine drone made it possible to discover in Spain a cache of 120 kilos of cocaine hidden in a Panamanian-flagged bulk carrier coming from Brazil, the Gibraltar Customs Service (south of Spain) reported on Monday.The entry A submarine drone allows you to discover a drug cache arriving in Spain from Brazil was first published in Proceso Digital.

The drugs were hidden in four packages in the sea chest on the port side of the vessel. More than 300 kilos of cocaine were seized on a vessel anchored in the Bay of Algeciras, coming from Brazil.

Customs have seized 147 kilograms of cocaine. They believe it is worth over 170 million kroner on the street.