Video shows “narco sub” loaded with 3.5 tons of cocaine being intercepted in Pacific Ocean off Mexico

The Mexican navy seized 3.5 tonnes of cocaine hidden in a semi-submersible ship off the Pacific Coast, authorities announced on Friday, while publishing a video of the “Narco Sub” be intercepted.

The ship, inhabited by three people and carrying 180 packets of cocaine, was detected during a maritime patrol in the waters off the southern state of Guerrero, the Navy said in a press release.

The authorities have published images of the drugs seized next to a Mexican naval ship as well as Video of the intercepted machine at sea.

This is the last of a series of Major drugs Presented by the Latin American nation, which is under pressure from President Donald Trump to brake the smuggling of narcotics.

Mexican authorities have seized more than 44.8 tonnes of cocaine at sea since President Claudia Sheinbaum took office in October, the navy said.

This month, the navy announced that it had grasped more than 8.3 tonnes of a type of drug not specified Found in a semi -submersible and a convoy of other ships off the Pacific Coast – a record for a single operation at sea.

In early June, the authorities said they had seized nearly 42 tonnes of methamphetamine worth more than $ 50 million during raids on illegal drug laboratories on earth.

Mr. Trump cited illegal drug trafficking – in particular the synthetic opioid fentanyl – as one of the reasons for Prices he imposed On imports from Mexico.

Semi-bustling, which cannot go fully underwater, are popular among international drug traffickers because they can sometimes escape detection by the police. Ships – which are often Spotted in Colombian waters While heading to the United States, Central America and Europe – have also been intercepted in Mexico in recent months.

In November, the Mexican navy said she had seized 3.6 tonnes of cocaine Aboard a semi-submersible off the Pacific coast which was identified at around 153 miles off the Acapulco station.

Last August, Mexico seized more than seven tonnes of cocaine in two separate raids in the Pacific Ocean, and dramatic video captured high -speed outdoor prosecution.