A A narco-submarine was discovered at the mouth of the Arousa. Pontevedra. The discovery took place around 11:00 am on Monday. At the entrance channel to the port of Vilagarcía at the height of Vilaxoán. He was a shellfish collector who alerted the Civil Guard when he noticed this. an oil stain and the presence of a strange object that appears to be floating among the rafts. At first he thought it was a plastic tank, but then He approached the spot and discovered that a submarine was in front of him.
The diver is semi-submerged with its bow protruding above the sea surface, about a kilometer from the Vilaxoán jetty. There is a depth of about seven meters in this area.
This is the second narco-submarine to be off the coast of Galicia after the submarine that ran aground off Aldán in 2019. Preliminary data show that this sub has very similar characteristics to the submarine that ran aground off the coast of Cangas.
A large deployment of security forces and the fight against drug trafficking are already working on site: UCO members on land, a Customs patrol boat at sea, and a Civil Guard helicopter from the air. joined in the afternoon GEAS divers (Expert Group in Underwater Activities) who will go down to inspect the ship and place anchors for refloating and towing maneuvers..
They will be responsible for exposing the narco-sub. keep a stash inside. No information about crew members was disclosed either.
The work of GEAS divers is expected to be complicated by the bad conditions the sea presents today. The entire Galician coast is on red alert due to the sea combined with waves of 5 to 6 meters.
abandoned narcotic boats
Three weeks ago, two narcobots appeared stranded on Ribeira: empty, one cracked, but the fuel tanks are full.
At around 8:30 am on February 22, someone informed 112 of the presence of a 12-metre glider with two powerful Yamaha engines in Espiñeirido. A few fuel barrels also appeared.
An hour later, another person warned that another similar glider had been discovered off the coast of O Vilar, particularly at the mouth of the small A Lagoa river. In this case, the boat had three engines. From the 112 National and Local Police, Marine Rescue and Galician Coast Guard agents were mobilized.
In April 2021, the Ribeira National Police began confiscating two boats from a Palmeira ship that were prepared for use in drug trafficking operations.