Spain auctions seized drug trafficking vessels to fund anti-drugs programmes
Two ex-drug trafficking boats are currently being offered at auction in Spain. The Spanish Ministry of Health, through the...
Drug smuggling at sea
Read the latest news about drugs like cocaine being found at sea including recreational boaters picking up stashes and / or navies around the world carrying out drug busts. See how much each drug haul is worth and the types of drugs being smuggled on containers, narco-submarines and more.
Sanctioned Venezuela tanker seized by US forces
US armed forces have seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in an operation that highlights...
Video: Men jailed after £18.4m Cornwall cocaine chase
Two more members of a crime group that was involved in a 28-mile at-sea chase off the coast of...
‘Narco sub’ route smashed in 62 country sting
Captain Manuel Rodríguez, director of the Colombian navy’s anti-narcotics unit, has delivered what could be the press statement of...
Yamaha speaks out against outboard use by people smugglers following BBC report
Yamaha Motor UK has spoken out against people trafficking after a people smuggler expressed his preference for using the...
Watch: Drug smugglers foiled in exciting boat battle
Two men who tried to swim away from the UK’s Border Force, after an epic (but short) boat chase,...
Cocaine found in sharks off Brazilian Coast, scientific study reveals
The first-of-its-kind study by Brazilian scientists has uncovered an alarming connection between human drug consumption and marine life contamination....
Video: Drug suspects scuttle submersible after being intercepted off Spain
Spain’s customs agency has intercepted a suspected drugs ‘narco-submarine’ in the Atlantic, arresting four suspects who deliberately sank their...
Recreational boaters find cocaine worth $1 million, decorated with Bald Eagle
Recreational boaters in Florida Keys have hauled in $1 million worth of cocaine after finding it about about seven...
Royal Marines snipers shoot out smugglers’ engines in £60m drug bust
It’s being described as a ‘juddering halt’. That’s the moment drug smugglers’ engines were taken out by commando snipers...
Video: Drug smugglers filmed diving off container ship with cocaine bales
Police in Spain have released footage of the recent arrest of two smugglers who jumped from the stern of...
