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Falling price of cocaine forces drug traffickers to reuse narco-submarines, say Spanish police
(www.theguardian.com)
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Were they so wealthy they were just buying brand new narco-submarines every shipment? 🤔
IIRC there is a whole industry that builds them custom, often out of fiberglass
I was just making a joke, but I suppose it doesn't even need to be manned. Just big enough to pack cocaine in and remote pilot or self-guide to a destinstion like a torpedo. And that could be cheap.
It's also probably easier to just make a new one rather than send it back empty and risk your route being compromised or something. Twice the trips is twice the chance that something gets noticed.