{"id":36223,"date":"2025-07-03T10:38:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T10:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/drone-narco-sub-equipped-with-starlink-antenna-seized-for-the-first-time-in-the-caribbean\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T10:38:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T10:38:53","slug":"drone-narco-sub-equipped-with-starlink-antenna-seized-for-the-first-time-in-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/drone-narco-sub-equipped-with-starlink-antenna-seized-for-the-first-time-in-the-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone &#8220;narco sub&#8221; \u2014 equipped with Starlink antenna \u2014 seized for the first time in the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Colombian navy on Wednesday announced its first seizure of an unmanned <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/narco-sub-video-cocaine-intercepted-pacific-ocean-mexico-navy\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;narco sub&#8221;<\/a><\/span> equipped with a Starlink antenna off its Caribbean coast. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The semisubmersible vessel was not carrying drugs, but the Colombian navy and Western security sources based in the region told AFP they believed it was a trial run by a cocaine trafficking cartel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was being tested and was empty,&#8221; a naval spokeswoman confirmed to AFP.<\/p>\n<p>Manned semi-submersibles built in clandestine <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/narco-sub-guyana-seize-illegal-drugs-chemicals-drug-trafficking-crackdown\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">jungle shipyards<\/a><\/span> have been used for decades to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/narco-subs-trafficking-cocaine-targeted-in-latest-u-s-sanction-guyana-colombia\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">ferry cocaine<\/a><\/span> north from Colombia, the world&#8217;s biggest cocaine producer, to Central America or Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>But in recent years, they have been sailing much further afield, crossing the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.<\/p>\n<p>The latest find, announced by Admiral Juan Ricardo Rozo at a press conference, is the first reported discovery in South American waters of a drone narco sub.<\/p>\n<p>The navy said it was owned by the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/colombia-gulf-clan-arrests-cartel-accused-paying-for-dead-police-officers\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Gulf Clan<\/a><\/span>, Colombia&#8217;s largest drug trafficking group and had the capacity to transport 1.5 tons of cocaine. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/03\/a1f6f07d-6b4d-47fd-bb6d-db108414d377\/thumbnail\/620x430\/df4ccaec599b72c0789c0178b0b5ce17\/gettyimages-2222597751.jpg#\" alt=\"First Unmanned Drug Submarine Seized Off Colombian Coast \" height=\"430\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/03\/a1f6f07d-6b4d-47fd-bb6d-db108414d377\/thumbnail\/620x430\/df4ccaec599b72c0789c0178b0b5ce17\/gettyimages-2222597751.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/07\/03\/a1f6f07d-6b4d-47fd-bb6d-db108414d377\/thumbnail\/1240x860\/5d645e22f4ddbd2bfb1cd5c33059eedf\/gettyimages-2222597751.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A low-profile unmanned semi-submersible vessel sits between two Colombian Navy boats off the coast of Tayrona Park near Santa Marta, Colombia, on July 2, 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Colombian Navy Press Office \/ Handout\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Gulf Clan is one of several cartels recently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/terrorist-designations-of-international-cartels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">designated<\/a>\u00a0as foreign terrorist groups by the United States.The group&#8217;s &#8220;primary source of income is from cocaine trafficking, which it uses to fund its paramilitary activities,&#8221; according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/transnational-manager-colombias-clan-del-golfo-drug-cartel-pleads-guilty-drug-trafficking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. State Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A video released by the navy showed a small grey vessel with a satellite antenna on the bow.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time a Starlink antenna has been used at sea by suspected drug traffickers.<\/p>\n<p>In November, Indian police seized a giant consignment of meth worth $4.25 billion in a vessel steered remotely by Starlink near the remote Andaman and Nicobar islands.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first known discovery of a narco sub operated by Starlink.<\/p>\n<h2>Floating &#8220;coffins&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Cocaine production, seizures and use all hit record highs in 2023, the U.N. drug agency said last month.<\/p>\n<p>In Colombia, production has reached record levels, fuelled by surging global demand.<\/p>\n<p>Rozo said the use of autonomous subs reflected the traffickers &#8220;migration toward more sophisticated unmanned systems&#8221; which are hard to detect at sea, &#8220;difficult to track by radar and even allow criminal networks to operate with partial autonomy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Juana Cabezas, a researcher at Colombia&#8217;s Institute for Development and Peace Studies, told AFP that powerful Mexican drug cartels, who operate in Colombia, &#8220;hired technology experts and engineers to develop an unmanned submarine&#8221; as far back as 2017.<\/p>\n<p>She pointed out that drone vessels made it harder for the authorities to pinpoint the drug lords behind the shipments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Removing the crew eliminates the risk of captured operators cooperating with authorities,&#8221; agreed Henry Shuldiner, an investigator for the U.S.-based InSight Crime think tank, who co-authored a report on the rise of narco subs.<\/p>\n<p>Shuldiner also highlighted the challenge of assembling crews to sail makeshift subs described as floating &#8220;coffins.&#8221; The journey can be deadly: In 2023, a\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/submarine-2-bodies-3-tons-cocaine-seized-colombia-navy\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;narco sub&#8221; with two dead bodies<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and nearly three tons of cocaine aboard was seized off the coast of Colombia.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/03\/14\/e8af710f-0851-46d3-840f-8971841ba9b7\/thumbnail\/620x465g8\/00ce1e2c27bbce555d1f9af9b5224412\/sub.jpg#\" alt=\"sub.jpg \" height=\"465\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/03\/14\/e8af710f-0851-46d3-840f-8971841ba9b7\/thumbnail\/620x465g8\/00ce1e2c27bbce555d1f9af9b5224412\/sub.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2023\/03\/14\/e8af710f-0851-46d3-840f-8971841ba9b7\/thumbnail\/1240x930g8\/08508af27f0d4406aac4e7a1500c5d6f\/sub.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A submarine with two dead bodies and nearly three tons of cocaine aboard was seized in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Colombia, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Colombia Navy<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A near record number of the low-profile vessels were intercepted in the Atlantic and Pacific in 2024, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>In November last year, five tons of Colombian cocaine were <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/new-pacific-drug-trafficking-route-narco-subs-colombia\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">found on a semi-submersible<\/a><\/span> en route to faraway Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Colombian law punishes the use, construction, marketing, possession, and transportation of semi-submersibles with penalties of up to 14 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Though commonly spotted off the coast of Colombia, narco subs have been intercepted across the globe in recent months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just last week, the Mexican navy seized 3.5 tons of cocaine hidden in a semisubmersible vessel off the Pacific coast, while releasing <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/narco-sub-video-cocaine-intercepted-pacific-ocean-mexico-navy\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">video of the &#8220;narco sub&#8221;<\/a><\/span> being intercepted.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Portuguese police said forces had confiscated nearly\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/narco-sub-loaded-cocaine-seized-off-portugal-dea\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">6.5 tons<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of cocaine from a semi-submersible vessel off the remote Azores archipelago that was bound for the Iberian peninsula. 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