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Spanish police intercept submarine with 3,000 kilos of cocaine

Police in Spain have arrested two people after intercepting a submarine off its north-west coast....
Jack Quann
Jack Quann

09.33 25 Nov 2019


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Spanish police intercept subma...

Spanish police intercept submarine with 3,000 kilos of cocaine

Jack Quann
Jack Quann

09.33 25 Nov 2019


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Police in Spain have arrested two people after intercepting a submarine off its north-west coast.

The submersible contained around 3, 000 kilos of cocaine, Spanish state broadcaster TVE reports.

The submarine had come from a country in Latin America and arrived in Spain on Sunday.

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A third person who was on-board is reportedly on the run.

Authorities are trying to re-float the submarine, which is 20 meters long.

Investigators are also trying to clarify whether the submarine had sailed from South America to Spain with the drugs - or whether they picked up the cargo en-route.

It was discovered off the coast of Galicia, in an area known as Morrazo.

Main image: This 2016 file photo shows The Rio Segura, a Spanish Guardia Civil ship, in Calabria, southern Italy | Image: Alfonso Di Vincenzo/Zuma Press/PA Images


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