Authorities seized more than six tons of cocaine from a semi-submersible vessel — a so-called "narco sub" — and from two underground hiding places discovered in Colombia, the country's navyannouncedthis week. Officials released video of thenarco subbeing intercepted off the country's Pacific coast, as well as video showing officers and a sniffer dog locating stashes of cocaine that were buried underground. The navy also released an image of more than 100 packages of the alleged narcotics laid out on the shore next to a military boat. Officials said the street value of the seized cocaine was estimated to be about $300 million. En#Nariño, a bordo de un semisumergible y en dos caletas subterráneas, incautadas más de 6️⃣ toneladas de cocaína avaluadas en 3️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ millones de dólares.pic.twitter.com/Mp7Tlhm8qf — Fuerza Naval del Pacífico (@FNP_ArmadaCol)May 24, 2025 The navy said the narcotics were intercepted in Narino, a region on the Pacific coast of Colombia bordering Ecuador. They did not say how many people were arrested or where they believe the haul of drugs on the semi-submersible was headed. A day earlier,Colombia's navy saidforces had seized about three tons of narcotics in the Pacific Ocean that were headed to Central America. Some of the drugs were intercepted after navy ships chased a "vessel moving suspiciously," authorities said, and three people were arrested. The drugs were worth an estimated $97 million. Narco subs typically sit very low on the ocean's surface but cannot go fully underwater. They are popular among international drug traffickers because they can often elude detection by authorities. Though commonly caught off the coast of Colombia, which produces the majority of cocaine found in the world, narco subs have been spotted across the globe in recent months. In March, Portuguese police said forces had confiscated nearly6.5 tonsof cocaine from a semi-submersible vessel off the remote Azores archipelago that was bound for the Iberian peninsula. In January, a suspected narco sub broke in two pieces as afishing boat was towingit to a port in northwest Spain. In November 2024, theMexican navy saidit seized about 8,000 pounds of cocaine aboard a semi-submersible about 150 miles off the resort ofAcapulco. Two months before that, the U.S. Coast Guard said it had offloaded more than $54 million worth of cocaine — including over1,200 poundsof drugs that were seized from a narco sub. Trump delivers Memorial Day remarks at Arlington National Cemetery SpaceX loses contact with its Starship, spins out of control Elon Musk says Trump's "big, beautiful bill" undermines work of DOGE team
