Submarine containing £72 million of cocaine and two dead bodies is discovered off Colombia
A 49-foot-long narco submarine containing £72million of cocaine and two dead bodies has been discovered off Colombia. The Colombian Navy seized the 'ghost ship' which had more than 2.6 tons of cocaine on it in the Pacific Ocean. Authorities also found two survivors who were given life-saving medical attention at a nearby ship. Local authorities believe that the two who died were killed by toxic gas inhalation. Spanish media are reporting that the submarine was one of three seized by Colombian officials - with all alleged to have belonged to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The FARC was a Marxist-Lennist guerrilla group which operated in Colombia between 1964 and 2017 and attempted to overthrow the country's government and establish a communist state. The group were involved drug trafficking, extortion, kidnapping, and other criminal activities to finance its decades-long insurgency. It's understood that each narco submarine could carry up ...