The semi-submersible found half-sunk in the Arousa Estuary (Pontevedra) last Monday was believed to be from Brazil, laden with drugs and with three crew members on board, according to investigative sources, who found “blankets, clothing and food from Brazil.” inside. These sources emphasize that the Poseidon, with a length of 23 meters, is “same inside” as the abandoned ship off the Galician municipality of Aldán in November 2019, which contained more than three tons of cocaine and whose crew members were arrested. On this occasion, however, there is no sign of the drug or the crew. Two speedboats located on a Ribeira beach in February led investigators to believe drug traffickers had managed to clear the cargo this time.
In August 2006, in imitation of the Colombian drug traffickers, the Galician drug traffickers made a botched attempt to build a submarine, a ship that sank deeper than the semi-submersibles that sail at water level, in a ship from Gondomar (Pontevedra). They wanted to pick up 750 kilos of cocaine from a mother ship. The result of the operation was a fiasco, however, and the device was found adrift near the Cíes Islands. Subsequently, the sole crew member and several people associated with the manufacture of the device were arrested.
The discovery of a second semi-submersible this Monday in Galicia coincides with the chain arrest of three others by Colombian forces this weekend, an unusual event that highlights the proliferation of these vessels in the hands of drug traffickers who control drug production. These ships, in particular, have been attributed to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas, each tasked with transporting between four and six tons of cocaine hydrochloride. The ship was lifted on Tuesday and towed to Xufre port where it will be inspected.
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