Colombian Navy seizes narco-submarine in Pacific Ocean
By AFP
23 March 2021 |
8:25 am
The Colombian Navy has seized a narco submarine transporting several packages of cocaine. The vessel belonging to an armed group of dissident FARC guerillas was discovered in the Pacific Ocean on its way to the coast of Mexico.
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