The Spanish police detained a home-made submarine designed to transport more than two tons of illegal goods, as it was preparing a gang to use it in drug smuggling operations, after carrying narcotic cargo from ships on the high seas, but it was discovered by the police before it sailed.
The British newspaper Daily Mail reported that the police discovered the 30-foot submarine during the construction phase in the city of Malaga, on the Spanish coast of Del Sol, last month.
The report of the British newspaper indicated that this incident is part of a large-scale drug seizure by the European Law Enforcement Agency, Europol, and the police in Britain, America, Colombia, the Netherlands and Portugal.
The Spanish police chief, Rafael Perez, said that the submarine was going to travel on the high seas after its completion, where it would meet a ship through which to carry drugs. The submarine, which can be seen from another ship or helicopter, indicating that this submarine has not sailed before.
The submarine was made of fiberglass and wood panels, was painted in a light blue color, and had three holes on one side, and it had two 200-horsepower engines operating from the inside.
The police operation against the international smuggling ring succeeded in seizing huge quantities of cocaine, hashish and marijuana in various places in Spain, including a cocaine factory in Barcelona, where drug supplies and other campaigns were seized in Malaga after the submarine was found.
The Spanish authorities said that the police in Colombia, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Portugal also participated in the operation, and Spain has long been seen as an entry point for illicit cocaine supplies to Europe, as well as ports in the Netherlands and Belgium. Submarines are similar to drug smuggling in the Atlantic Ocean, especially off the coast of Central and South America.
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