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The cocaine trade: Narco submarines – from fantasy to reality

SUBSCRIBE 26th April 2021Dr Chris Allen, Policing Insight
The idea of drug-filled submarines bringing cocaine from Colombia to Europe may seem more suited to the cinema screen than the Atlantic, but as Policing insight’s Chris Allen reports, recent seizures would suggest that narco-subs built in South America are now able to travel much longer distances, bringing their lethal cargo to a much larger market.

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