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Cocaine Price Drop Forces Traffickers to Reuse Submarines

12/25/2025

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The price drop of cocaine forces drug traffickers in Spain to reuse narco-submarines after deliveries instead of scuttling them.
Alberto Morales, head of the narcotics brigade, says traffickers now use merchant ships and semi-submersibles year-round.
Spanish police report 65 tonnes of cocaine allegedly brought to Galicia recently.
Authorities have dismantled multiple synthetic drug laboratories across Spain, France, and Germany, signaling a significant increase in synthetic drug manufacturing in Europe.

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The price drop of cocaine forces drug traffickers in Spain to reuse narco-submarines after deliveries instead of scuttling them.
Alberto Morales, head of the narcotics brigade, says traffickers now use merchant ships and semi-submersibles year-round.
Spanish police report 65 tonnes of cocaine allegedly brought to Galicia recently.
Authorities have dismantled multiple synthetic drug laboratories across Spain, France, and Germany, signaling a significant increase in synthetic drug manufacturing in Europe.