The Ecuadorian Armed Forces along with the Colombian Navy detained a submarine that was trafficking drugs, the Ecuadorian agency said on its X page, Report informs via TASS.
“During the military operation, conducted jointly with the Colombian Navy, a semi-submersible type vehicle with four crew members was discovered on our border, allegedly carrying several tons of banned substances,” the agency said.
According to the Ecuadorian newspaper Primicias, the sub was discovered during an operation to rescue a fishing vessel and its crew in distress. The submarine crossed the border of both countries and was detained in Colombian territorial waters.
It was previously reported that Ecuadorian police officers stopped the shipment of more than a ton of cocaine to Finland. About 1,000 packages of the illicit substance were found in a shipping container with the help of service dogs.
