{"id":131468,"date":"2024-11-29T16:53:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T09:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131468"},"modified":"2024-11-29T16:53:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T09:53:01","slug":"colombian-navy-intercepts-narco-subs-en-route-to-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=131468","title":{"rendered":"Colombian navy intercepts narco subs en route to Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The Colombian navy has intercepted a semi-submersible vessel packed with cocaine in the Pacific Ocean, as part of an operation in which hundreds of arrests have been made.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">It said the vessel had enough fuel to sail to Australia, on what was believed to be a new smuggling route, and maps indicated that is where it was headed.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Smuggling cocaine from South America to Australia is particularly lucrative, as a kilogramme of the illegal drug can fetch up to $240,000 (\u00a3190,000) there &#8211; six times more than in the US, Colombian security forces said. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Officials said the semi-submersible was the third such vessel they had seized in that part of the Pacific. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">That suggested to them that gangs had established new direct maritime route to Australia, they said.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Australians are the highest per capita users of cocaine in the world, followed by Britain, according to the OECD.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The latest narco-sub was intercepted 1,200 miles southwest of Clipperton Island, an uninhabited French coral atoll in the Pacific.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The wood-and-fibre-glass vessel is thought to have sailed from the Colombian port of Tumaco, covering thousands of miles before it was stopped. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The chief of naval operations staff for the Colombian Navy, Vice-Admiral Orlando Enrique Grisales, said the three semi-submersibles they had stopped were all capable of sailing from Colombia to Australia without the need to refuel at sea. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">\u201cThe first was discovered in Colombian waters, and thanks to the maps it carried, we identified the route,&#8221; the vice-admiral told reporters at a news conference. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;That\u2019s when we began working with Australian authorities,\u201d he added.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The semi-submersibles were intercepted as part of &#8220;Orion&#8221;, a multinational naval operation during which security forces from dozens of nations seized a total of 225 tonnes of cocaine over six weeks. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Orion also led to the arrest of more than 400 people across several countries. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Vice-Adm Grisales said Orion had uncovered close links between drug trafficking gangs in South America and Oceania. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;They are organised crime networks joined together,&#8221; he said. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Colombian President Gustavo Petro congratulated the navy for the successful operation. <!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/clyrjng13jlo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colombian navy has intercepted a semi-submersible vessel packed with cocaine in the Pacific Ocean, as part of an operation in which hundreds of arrests have been made. 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