Most narco subs are actually LPVs ... illicit cargo into the US Sailing ships had their heyday in the 18th and early 19th century as European powers like Great Britain, France and Spain built ...

A suspected "narco-sub" capable of smuggling drugs ... Most of the vessels are only semi-submersible — a ship partially submerged that cannot fully dive like a submarine — but some are able ...

One type of submarine that you may not have considered, though, is the narco submarine ... and a torpedo-like variant that can be towed or attached to the hull of larger ships.

Coast Guard ships work in tandem with spotter ... percent of semi-submersibles. 'They're like the White Whale,' he told The Washington Post. A 'narco sub' carrying 12,000 pounds of cocaine worth ...

Narco-subs are ­difficult to detect with ships’ radar. Instead ... added that the narco-subs arriving on nearby shores seem “like a science fiction film”, before adding: “But it ...

As construction techniques evolve, drug trafficking organizations have expanded their operations to ship drugs to Europe and North America. The vessels also originate from Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela ...

The Royal Navy shared photos and details of the incident on Thursday, explaining that the HMS Trent patrol ship seized £160 ... aboard for inspection. Narco-subs, like the one intercepted by ...

One officer says that some of the drug traffickers are so adept at scaling ships and covertly planting ... semi-submersibles (also known as "narco subs") and even submarines now employed by ...

A Royal Navy warship has seized a ‘narco sub’ carrying ... the drug-smuggling submarine in the Caribbean Sea. HMS Trent has become the first Royal Navy patrol ship to intercept a drug submarine.

A suspected "narco-sub" capable of smuggling drugs ... Most of the vessels are only semi-submersible — a ship partially ...